Genre Analysis of Islamiyat Research Article Abstracts

Authors

  • Khurshied Department of Applied Linguistics, GCU Faisalabad
  • Dr. Muhammad Asim Mahmood Department of Applied Linguistics, GCU Faisalabad
  • Ansa Sattar Department of Applied Linguistics, GCU Faisalabad
  • Dr. Musarrat Azher Department of English, University of Sargodha

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate at micro and macro levels the generic trends of Research Article (henceforth R.A) abstracts on the subject of Islamiyat (Islamic religious studies) written in a Pakistani research context. Moreover, the paper also evaluates how far these generic trends follow the conventions set by the international research community for abstract writing. This study has adopted mix method approach for the purpose of analysis. The corpus of this study consists of 40 abstracts selected from Islamiyat Research Articles published by Government College University Faisalabad’s research journal Zia –E–Tehqiq. The analysis shows that abstracts under study do not fulfil the criteria of informative abstracts however; they have a closer affinity with the rhetorical structure of descriptive abstracts. Certain culture and discipline-specific traits have also been found both at micro and macro structure level. The structural parts are not well sequenced. Moreover, certain breaches to the set pattern of descriptive abstracts have also been noticed. This study has reiterated the fact that genres are discipline-specific and experts in the field can innovate new aspects in the already existing genre structures. Moreover, it is impossible to have universality in generic structures. This research may prove valuable for novice learners, researchers and scholars, who want to assist, guide and assess the learners in the relevant field.

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2022-06-30

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Khurshied, H., Asim Mehmood, P. D. M. ., Sattar, A., & Azher, D. M. . (2022). Genre Analysis of Islamiyat Research Article Abstracts. Pakistan Journal of Languages and Translation Studies, 10(1), 208–225. Retrieved from https://pjlts.uog.edu.pk/index.php/pjlts/article/view/20

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