2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The development of scientific article writing support system for Japanese researchers
| Project/Area Number |
23531238
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Education on school subjects and activities
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKADA Takeshi 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (30185441)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKAMOTO Yasunobu 東北学院大学, 教養学部, 准教授 (60350328)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 教材開発 / リレーショナルデータベース / コーパス / EFL教育 / 英語科学論文 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research revealed idiosyncratic choice of English reporting verbs and sentence structures observed in scientific research articles written by Japanese researchers in the field of materials science. To make statistical comparison between Japanese-made articles and those made by English native speakers, we obtained 563 articles from seven international journals that cover the field of materials science. The total number of running words is 2,307,825 and the number of word types is 71,224. With paying special attention to the over-use tendency of reporting verbs such as argue, assert, say, mention, suggest, predict,conclude, etc, the sentence patterns in which those verbs are used are systematically classified. By giving them a close examination, we obtained major Japanese-peculiar tendency of using reporting verbs, which would lead to be a convincing guideline for scientists who try to publish their research results as precisely and accurately as possible.
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