Lexical Expressions of Compare and Contrast in Applied Linguistics Research Articles
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Lexical Expressions of Compare, Lexical Expressions of Contrast , Applied Linguistics ArticlesAbstract
This study examines lexical expressions of compare and contrast used in applied linguistics research articles. The previous study in the field randomly selected English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners to investigate their problems of using lexical expressions of compare and contrast in their writing. The results revealed that approximately 80 percent of the learners did not have sufficient knowledge to write compare and contrast paragraphs and essays accurately. This study filled the gap by examining lexical expressions of compare and contrast in English applied linguistics articles. Due to the reliability, Swan’s (2016) principles were employed to select approximately 120,000 words comprising 41 samples of lexical expressions of compare and contrast. The samples were gathered from the Journal of English for Specific Purposes and Journal of English for Academic Purposes because of their high quality and their indexation in the SCOPUS database. The results showed that 90.24 percent of the lexical expression was the lexical expression of contrast which was used to express the contrastive messages. The words such as even if, however, and although were used in high frequency. This is to indicate the gaps in the previous research studies. It is expected that the results of this study will be useful for EFL learners in terms of applying the lexical expression of compare and contrast in writing more effectively.
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