Rhetorical Moves in Research Article Introductions of Students of Linguistics Master Program

Abstract

This research investigated the rhetorical moves in the
introduction part to the research article written by graduate
students in Linguistics master's study programs. The primary
purpose of this research is to describe the pattern of rhetorical
moves in the research article introductions in the field of
Linguistics. The data collection technique was in the form of
scientific article documentation consisting of seven research
article introductions in English in the field of Linguistics.
Researchers collected data in the form of text with document
analysis and note-taking techniques. These research articles were
taken from four different journal publishers in Indonesia, namely
Alphabet, Kelasa, Batra, and Suar Betang. The rhetorical
analysis in this study involves the concept of the Project
Justifying Model (PJM) proposed by Safnil (2010), which
consists of four communicative moves that can describe the
rhetorical moves of Indonesian writers. The validity of the data
in this rhetorical pattern study used the triangulation of sources
or data. The results of this study indicate that the seven
introductions have different rhetorical moves. The four research
article introductions taken from the Alphabet produced fewer
rhetorical steps compared to the other three research articles. The
most dominant signal found in the seven research article
introductions is (move 4, step A) represents a statement in
explaining the purpose of the study. The seven research article
introductions found no statements that represented the five steps
contained in each move.