Appraisals Analysis on the Argumentation Structure of Indonesian Undergraduate Students’ Research Articles

Authors

  • Alfa Lisa Muslimah Febriyanti Reddy Universitas Islam Indonesia
  • Intan Pradita Universitas Islam Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37253/iallteach.v4i1.6711

Keywords:

Argumentation Structure, Appraisal Analysis, Undergraduate Students’

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the argument structure of undergraduate students’ research articles that focus on the introduction section. The data collection was conducted by analyzing the proceedings in the "Background" section written by undergraduate students at university in Indonesia. The data were then analyzed by using a corpus. This research  found type of argument of this study were proclaim, disclaim, entertain, and attribute. The lexical choice that was used proclaim with a total of 46. The lexemes entertain a total of 37. The next lexical choice that was used is disclaim with a total of 33. Finally, attribute a total of 26 as the lowest engagement in appraisal.

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Author Biography

Intan Pradita, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Intan Pradita is an assistant professor as well as the Head of Laboratory at English Language Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia. She earned her Bachelor degree in Education and Master degree in Humanities from State University of Yogyakarta. Her research interest is Educational Linguistics and she has published her research in a number of reputable international journals. Other than that, Intan also belongs to the board of reviewers in nationally-indexed journals, Scopus-Web of Science indexed conferences, Cambridge English Research Journal and Journal of International Students. She is currently doing some international research and teaching collaborations with Toyo Gakuin University, Japan; Walailak University, Thailand; and Dicle University, Turkey, and some of her research assistants have published their articles in international journals.

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2022-06-21