The language and rhetoric of bibliographic citation in the field of computing: A report of preliminary results

Author

Orr, Thomas ; Ma, Dongxue

Author_Institution

Univ. of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

19-22 July 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper describes a preliminary investigation of bibliographic citation practices in the field of computing, based on linguistic and rhetorical analyses of 1,255 citations in 36 academic papers from four representative journals in the field: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, and the IEEE Transactions on Computers. Rhetorical functions of the citations are identified, along with representative examples of the language that is used to achieve the rhetorical goals. The data is then discussed in light of current bibliographic citation instruction, and recommendations are made for developing better training for novices and nonnative speakers of English who need more specific than is normally available.

Keywords

bibliographies; citation analysis; academic papers; bibliographic citation; bibliographic citation instruction; computing; linguistic analysis; rhetorical analysis; Citation analysis; Concurrent computing; Context; Distributed computing; Manuals; Natural languages; Printing; Rhetoric; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 2009. IPCC 2009. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Waikiki, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4357-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4358-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.2009.5208691

Filename

5208691