"Keep it simple": the introductions of Veterinary Medicine academic papers

Authors

  • Amanda Petry Radünz Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
  • Sara Regina Scotta Cabral Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/cld.2022.201.08

Keywords:

clause complex, Veterinary Medicine, academic writing

Abstract

This study investigates the linguistic organization of the introduction sections of academic papers from the Veterinary Medicine field in terms of the two basic systems that determine how one clause is related to another: taxis (degree of interdependency) and logico-semantic relation (Halliday; Matthiessen, 2014, p. 438). All the clauses from the introduction sections of five published academic papers were analyzed. The results showed a high recurrence of simple clauses and embedded clauses in the corpus. In the clause complexes, the preference is for paratactic extensions. The results of this analysis may help understanding the functioning of academic writing in English language in this specific field.

Author Biographies

Amanda Petry Radünz, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

Doutoranda em Letras – Estudos Linguísticos pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (PPGL/UFSM). 

Sara Regina Scotta Cabral, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

Doutora em Letras pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Professora do Departamento de Letras Vernáculas (DLV) e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras (PPGL) - UFSM. 

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Published

2022-12-30

How to Cite

Petry Radünz, A., & Cabral, S. R. S. (2022). "Keep it simple": the introductions of Veterinary Medicine academic papers. Calidoscópio, 20(1), 154–166. https://doi.org/10.4013/cld.2022.201.08

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2022):  Número Atemático (v. 20, n. 1 - 2022, jan/abr)

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