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Trends of Corpus Linguistics Used in English for Specific Purposes Research: A Case of Asian ESP Journal
Date Issued
September 1, 2022
Type
Article
Abstract
This corpus-based study aims to investigate the trends of corpus linguistics used as a methodology in the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research based on corpora of research article (RA) abstracts and conclusions published in the Asian ESP journal between 2005 and 2020. The findings reveal that 52 research articles out of 452, accounting for 11.5%, adopted corpus linguistics as a methodology. The number seems to be highest between 2011 and 2015 and tends to fall dramatically between 2016 and 2020. In terms of research approach, the corpus-based approach appears to outnumber the corpus-driven overwhelmingly. Swales' CARS model and study on research articles were strongly connected with corpus linguistics. However, the pedagogical application of corpus linguistics in the ESP domain appears to be underresearched. This study demonstrates how corpus linguistics can be applied as a research tool in trends investigation and contributes to the area of both corpus linguistics and ESP research.
Citation
Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia, 20(2), 147-227, 2022