Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Engineering for Mechanics and Materials

A Corpus-based Study of the Structures and Functions of Academic Chunks in the Discipline of Engineering

Authors
Xin Chen, Gengsheng Xiao
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Xin Chen
Available Online July 2015.
DOI
10.2991/icimm-15.2015.241How to use a DOI?
Keywords
academic chunk; corpus-based study; engineering discipline
Abstract

Chunks are commonly used in academic written register, and there are quite remarkable differences in chunk features between disciplines. Based on a corpus investigation into 4-word chunks in research articles of engineering discipline, the present study has found that researchers in this field most frequently use the chunks of structures passive followed by prepositional phrase and noun phrase with of-phrase fragment. Besides, due to the empirical and experimental nature of engineering studies, researchers use research-oriented chunks most prevalently, text-oriented chunks the second, participant-oriented chunks the fewest. The findings on the structures and functions of academic chunks in the present study can provide pedagogical implications for academic writing in engineering field.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Engineering for Mechanics and Materials
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
July 2015
ISBN
978-94-62520-88-2
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/icimm-15.2015.241How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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