Move analysis in academic paper abstracts for genre-based writing education

This study aims to reveal the genre characteristics of academic paper abstracts through move analysis of academic paper abstracts from the perspective of genre-based writing education. To this end, this study analyzed the genre characteristics of 138 academic papers published in KCI excellent academic journals using Swales’ move analysis. Simultaneously, cross-analysis and chi-square tests were used to reveal whether genre differences in academic paper abstracts occurred by academic field or research method. As a result of the analysis, the Korean abstract of academic papers categorized into six moves such as research background, research purpose, research method, research result, conclusion, significance and limitation. Moreover, research purpose and research results had the highest frequencies of appearance. In addition, differences in the frequency of move were observed depending on academic field and research method. Therefore, recognizing that the structure of the Korean abstract may appear in various ways depending on the academic field or research method, and providing guidance on how to write Korean abstracts is essential. This study is significant as it suggests the direction of genre-based writing education by revealing the characteristics of genres using move analysis.