A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles

This corpus-based lexical study aimed to explore the use of words in Coxhead (2000) Academic Word List (AWL) in academic journal articles in the field of Islamic studies. Around 472,621 word corpus, called the Islamic Academic Research Articles (IARA) corpus, was created for this study. The corpus c...

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Main Authors:	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail, Abudukeremu, Mayinuer
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Language:	English
Published:	Academic Research Publishing Group 2018
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics PE English
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spelling	iium-695712019-02-01T02:17:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69571/ A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Abudukeremu, Mayinuer P Philology. Linguistics PE English This corpus-based lexical study aimed to explore the use of words in Coxhead (2000) Academic Word List (AWL) in academic journal articles in the field of Islamic studies. Around 472,621 word corpus, called the Islamic Academic Research Articles (IARA) corpus, was created for this study. The corpus consisted of 66 research articles written in English that were published in more than 10 different Islamic academic journals. Authentic and academic research articles written on Islam, and from Islamic perspectives, covering a wide range of topics, were selected. The study found that the most frequent 317 AWL words which occurred in the IARA corpus was only 56% of Coxhead‟s AWL of 570 words. This finding points to the need for a special AWL for students. Findings suggest the need to produce field-specific academic word lists incorporating all frequent academic lexical items necessary for the expression of the rhetoric of the specific research area. Findings also revealed that some of the words which were found in the present study were not found in Coxhead‟s Academic Word List. This suggests that vocabulary needs of students in Islamic studies are characteristically different from those of students in other disciplines. Academic Research Publishing Group 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69571/1/JSSR%20EHI%2C%20MIAS%2C%20MA.pdf Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail and Abudukeremu, Mayinuer (2018) A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Special Issue 2. pp. 570-577. ISSN 2411-9458 E-ISSN 2413-6670 https://arpgweb.com/pdf-files/spi2.35.570-577.pdf
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spellingShingle	P Philology. Linguistics PE English Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Abudukeremu, Mayinuer A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
description	This corpus-based lexical study aimed to explore the use of words in Coxhead (2000) Academic Word List (AWL) in academic journal articles in the field of Islamic studies. Around 472,621 word corpus, called the Islamic Academic Research Articles (IARA) corpus, was created for this study. The corpus consisted of 66 research articles written in English that were published in more than 10 different Islamic academic journals. Authentic and academic research articles written on Islam, and from Islamic perspectives, covering a wide range of topics, were selected. The study found that the most frequent 317 AWL words which occurred in the IARA corpus was only 56% of Coxhead‟s AWL of 570 words. This finding points to the need for a special AWL for students. Findings suggest the need to produce field-specific academic word lists incorporating all frequent academic lexical items necessary for the expression of the rhetoric of the specific research area. Findings also revealed that some of the words which were found in the present study were not found in Coxhead‟s Academic Word List. This suggests that vocabulary needs of students in Islamic studies are characteristically different from those of students in other disciplines.
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author	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Abudukeremu, Mayinuer
author_facet	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Abudukeremu, Mayinuer
author_sort	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza
title	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_short	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_full	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_fullStr	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_full_unstemmed	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_sort	corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in islamic academic research articles
publisher	Academic Research Publishing Group
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/69571/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69571/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69571/1/JSSR%20EHI%2C%20MIAS%2C%20MA.pdf
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A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles

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