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Title: Verb choice in medical research articles (ESP)
Vol. 2, 2017, pp. 240-252.
DOI: 10.46687/SILC.2017.v02.020
Author: Ilina Doykova
About the author: Assoc. Prof. Ilina Doykova, PhD (Germanic Languages) is a lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages, Communication and Sports at Medical University “D-r Paraskev Stoyanov”, Varna, Bulgaria. Ilina Doykova’s work is broadly in the area of technology enhanced language learning, applied linguistics and corpus studies. Her research involves types of communication in healthcare (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy) and addresses questions such as: - corpus-based learning and development of corpus-based teaching materials; - vocabulary development: phraseology, formulaic language and collocations; - combining content and language learning in English for specific and academic purposes.
e-mail: Ilina.doykova@mu-varna.bg
ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7086-5400
Citation (APA style): Doykova, I. (2017). Verb choice in medical research articles (ESP). Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT, 2, 240-252. doi: 10.46687/SILC.2017.v02.020
Link: https://silc.fhn-shu.com/images/issues/2017/SILC_2017_2_240_252_13_EN.pdf
Abstract: The corpus-based analysis of high frequency verbs used in research articles aims at establishing the lexical core, native and non-native researchers need for publishing in medicine. The verbs, extracted from two self-compiled corpora are structured as per the established format of the research article genre. The findings showed that in the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion sections there is great variation in the use of verbs, related to data observation, presentation, and description. Areas of difference in evaluative language and the preferred lexical
structures in reporting scientific results are indicated. The predicative adjective construction is identified as a frequent strong verb substitute in the non-native scientific writing. Specific verb lists form a valuable source for the creation of teaching materials for university and PhD students.
Key words: English for specific purposes, medical research articles, verb variety
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