Literature Review of Research on English Abstracts for Scientific Papers

Authors

  • Chengfang Li

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/tfpf9s34

Keywords:

Literature Review, English Abstract, Scientific Papers

Abstract

This paper reviews the research status and progress in the field of English abstracts of scientific papers, introduces the research background and importance of English abstracts of scientific papers as an important part of academic papers, and points out the key role of English abstracts of scientific papers in the improvement of academic communication and international influence. Through combing and analyzing the related literature, the main achievements and progresses in the research of English abstracts of scientific papers are elaborated in detail, including the analysis of the move structure, the characteristics of academic vocabulary usage, the construction of the lexicon of semantic features, and the comparison of lexical chunks, etc., and the current status and characteristics of the research in the field in China are also introduced. This paper finds that there are some hot and difficult issues in the research field of English abstracts of scientific papers, mainly in the areas of standardized writing of abstracts, cross-cultural comparison of abstract linguistic features, and the construction of automatic citation and recognition models. Finally, a comprehensive review of the existing research is conducted, pointing out the shortcomings of the current stage of research, such as the limited number of samples and the feature lexicon vocabulary to be expanded, etc., and proposing the directions and possible development trends of future research, such as the study of the writing process and cognitive mechanism, the deepening of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contrastive research, and the application and innovation of the natural language processing technology. This paper aims to provide reference for researchers in the field of English abstracts for scientific papers, and to provide ideas and suggestions for follow-up research.

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Published

30-12-2024

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How to Cite

Li, C. (2024). Literature Review of Research on English Abstracts for Scientific Papers. Journal of Education and Educational Research, 11(3), 189-192. https://doi.org/10.54097/tfpf9s34