It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles

Fevzi Umut Özçelik; Betul Bal Gezegin

doi:10.18492/dad.1546802

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It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles

Abstract

Building on existing literature on phraseology, this study explores how Turkish scholars employ lexical bundles in their extended abstracts. To this end, a corpus of the extended abstracts from five disciplines was collected. The structures and functions of the four-word lexical bundles identified in the extended abstracts were analyzed based on the previously structured two taxonomies (Biber et al., 1999; Hyland, 2008a). The analysis revealed 116 four-word lexical bundles. The findings indicate that, in contrast to previous studies using the same taxonomies, most of the identified lexical bundles in this study are structurally categorized as verb-constructed and functionally classified as text-oriented. We conclude with the potential benefits of this parallel lingual environment created by extended abstracts, which may act as a catalyst to overcome the possible linguistic challenges faced by English as an Additional Language scholars.

Keywords

It can be said (that): İngilizce Genişletilmiş Özetlerde Türk Araştırmacıların Kullandıkları Sözcüksel Öbekler

Abstract

Deyimbilim üzerine mevcut literatürü temel alan bu çalışma, Türk akademisyenlerin genişletilmiş özetlerinde sözcüksel demetleri ne ölçüde ve nasıl kullandıklarını araştırmaktadır. Bu amaçla, beş disiplin üzerine makalelerin genişletilmiş özetlerinden yarım milyonluk bir derlem toplanmıştır. Ardından, daha önce yapılandırılmış iki taksonomiden (Biber vd., 1999; Hyland, 2008a) yararlanılarak, dört kelimelik sözcük öbeklerinin yapıları ve işlevleri analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular 116 adet dört kelimelik sözcük öbeği ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu sonuç aynı taksonomileri kullanan önceki çalışmaların aksine, bu çalışmada tespit edilen sözcüksel öbeklerinin çoğunun yapısal olarak fiil yapılı ve işlevsel olarak metin odaklı olarak sınıflandırıldığını göstermektedir. Çalışmanın sonucu olarak, genişletilmiş özetlerin yarattığı bu paralel dilsel ortamın potansiyel faydaları ve İngilizceyi ek bir dil olarak kullanan akademisyenlere sağlayabileceği kolaylıklar vurgulanmaktadır.

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Ethical Statement

Author Contributions: Both authors equally contributed to all the stages of this research including conceptualization, analysis, draft preparation, writing, revisions and editing. Both authors have read and agreed to the final version of the article. Submission statement and verification: This study has not been previously published elsewhere. It is not under review in another journal. Publication of the study has been approved, either implicitly or explicitly, by all authors and the responsible authorities at the university/research center where the study was conducted. If the study is accepted for publication, it will not be published in the same form in another printed or electronic medium in Turkish or any other language without the written permission of the Journal of Linguistic Research. Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare that there are no financial or academic conflicts of interest between themselves or with other institutions, organizations or individuals that may affect this study. Data Use: The corpus for this study was derived from academic journals that publish both articles and their accompanying extended abstracts. The dataset is accessible for review upon request. Ethical Approval/Participant Consent: There is no need for ethical approval in the study. Financial Support: No financial support was received for the study.

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English

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Corpus Linguistics

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Research Article

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Fevzi Umut Özçelik ^*
0000-0001-6198-8292
Türkiye

Betul Bal Gezegin
0000-0001-9818-9347
Türkiye

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June 29, 2025

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September 10, 2024

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April 2, 2025

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Özçelik, F. U., & Bal Gezegin, B. (2025). It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 36(1), 25-48. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1546802

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1.Özçelik FU, Bal Gezegin B. It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles. JLR. 2025;36(1):25-48. doi:10.18492/dad.1546802

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Özçelik, Fevzi Umut, and Betul Bal Gezegin. 2025. “It Can Be Said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles”. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi 36 (1): 25-48. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1546802.

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Özçelik FU, Bal Gezegin B (June 1, 2025) It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi 36 1 25–48.

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[1]F. U. Özçelik and B. Bal Gezegin, “It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles”, JLR, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 25–48, June 2025, doi: 10.18492/dad.1546802.

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Özçelik, Fevzi Umut - Bal Gezegin, Betul. “It Can Be Said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles”. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi 36/1 (June 1, 2025): 25-48. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1546802.

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1.Özçelik FU, Bal Gezegin B. It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles. JLR. 2025;36:25–48.

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Özçelik, Fevzi Umut, and Betul Bal Gezegin. “It Can Be Said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles”. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 36, no. 1, June 2025, pp. 25-48, doi:10.18492/dad.1546802.

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1.Fevzi Umut Özçelik, Betul Bal Gezegin. It can be said (that): Lexical Bundles in English Extended Abstracts of Locally Published Turkish Research Articles. JLR. 2025 Jun. 1;36(1):25-48. doi:10.18492/dad.1546802