A Study On Criticality In Chinese Scholars' English Research Article Introductions

Due to the more and more frequent international academic exchanges,English research article as an important information carrier has received considerable attention from scholars.Based on Swales' CARS model and Bruce's genre framework,the expression of criticality in Introduction in English research articles written by the Chinese scholars is investigated and a comparative study between Chinese scholars and English native-speaker scholars in expression of criticality is conducted.The sample of 40 text Introductions selected from Journal of Marine Science and Application is manually analyzed with Bruce's genre framework as a heuristic framework.Firstly,each Introduction is analyzed through intensive,recursive readings and its moves are identified to examine the texts in relation to potential genre elements in expressing criticality.Secondly,based on Bruce's study on the enactment of criticality by English native-speaker scholars,the employment of genre elements in expressing criticality between the Chinese scholars and English native-speaker scholars are compared.It is shown that compared to genre elements employed in criticality by English native-speaker scholars,in terms of recursion in content schema,a few Chinese scholars fail to follow the structural schema which causes criticality failure;in terms of attitude markers,Chinese scholars employ fewer attitude markers in expressing criticality;the main difference exists in the use of semantic relations.The English native-speaker scholars tend to use Concession Contraexpectation Relation,while the Chinese scholars prefer to use Simple Contrast Relation.This research has certain reference significance for the Chinese scholars who write scientific papers.