中国英语学习者引用行为中的学术空间建构研究

The construction of research space in the citation behavior of Chinese English learners

引用是构建研究空间的重要手段,也是学术写作的难点之一。以往有关学习者引用行为的研究,大多关注单个引用的形式与功能,却较少关注多个引用之间的关联。本文以中国英语学习者的硕士论文和国际期刊论文为数据来源,分析中国英语学习者在处理多个被引文献过程中的问题和困难。研究结果表明,中国学习者在描述领域现状时还存在驾驭文献数量偏少、难以精确建立文献间关联、无法有效传递个人立场观点等方面的问题。本研究对于改进学术英语教学具有一定的借鉴价值。

Citation,as one of the important means of creating a research space for the writer,is a learning difficulty in academic writing.Previous studies on learners’ citation practices mainly focused on the form and function of citation sentences,with little attention to the relationships constructed among the multiple cited articles.By comparing Chinese English learners’ master theses and international journal articles,this study aims to analyze Chinese English learners’ difficulties in the process of citation-space construction.Results show that Chinese English learners have difficulty in grasping the status quo of existing research,establishing clear links among different sources and communicating personal viewpoints effectively.This article also has pedagogical value in improving the academic English teaching.