reporting verbs英语论文用于引用的动词

ReportingVerbsBUAA2014.6.231.Defines2.Classes3.Tips4.UsagesInacademicwriting，itwilloftenbenecessarytorefertotheresearchofothersandtoreportontheirfindings.Inordertodoso,wehavetousereportingverbs.Areportingverbisawordwhichisusedtotalkaboutorreportonotherpeople'swork.Suchas：Evans(1994)suggeststhat....;Brown(2001)arguesthat....；1.DefinesThedifficultywithusingreportingverbsisthattherearemanydifferentverbs,andeachofthemhasslightlydifferent,andoftensubtleshadeofmeaning.Usingthecorrectwordsreliesonmakingthecorrectinterpretationofwhatthewriteryouarestudyingissaying.1.Defines2.Classes•verbsusedtosaywhatthewriterdescribesanddiscusses,orusedtoexplainhismethodology.‘neutral'reportingverbs•verbsusedtosaywhatthewritersuggestsorspeculateson(withoutbeingabsolutelycertain).‘tentative'reportingverbs.•verbsusedtosaywhatthewritermakesstrongargumentsandclaimsfor.‘strong'reportingverbsa)‘tentative’reportingverbsSomereportingverbsareusedtoshowwhenthewriterhasaninclinationtobelievesomethingbutstillwishestobehesitant;wemaycallthese'tentative'reportingverbs.suggestspeculateintimatehypothesizemootimplyproposerecommendposittheviewthatquestiontheviewthatpostulatepositprofferconjectureetc.b)‘neutral’reportingverbsAsecondgroupofverbsisusedprincipallytosaywhatthewriterdoesanddoesnotdo.Theseverbsdonotindicateanyvaluejudgmentonthepartofthewriter;theyarecalled'neutral'reportingverbs.describeshowrevealstudydemonstratenotepointoutindicatereportobserveassumeexaminestatementionanalyzecarriedoutinvestigateetc.c)‘strong’reportingverbsFinally,ifthewriterhasstrongargumentstoputforwardandisabsolutelysureofhisorherground,wecanuse'strong'reportingverbstorefertotheseideas.argueclaimemphasizecontendmaintainasserttheorizesupportmisinterpretednegaterefuterejectchallengestronglybelievethatdemonstrateddenyneglectedcountertheview/argumentthatmadeclearexplanationofetc.1.Thestructureofsentenceswhenusingreportingverbscanvary,andcanbeflexible;Forexample:Jones(1999)argues,inhisstudyofthermodynamics,that...AsJones(1999)arguesinhisstudyofthermodynamics,...Inhisstudyofthermodynamics,Jones(1999)arguesthat...3.Tips2.Itispossible(andoftenquiteattractivestylistically)toinvertthesubjectandverbwhenreporting;Forexample:Thermodynamics,Jones(1999)argues,is…3.Reportingtheworkofothersoftenneedsanextrasentenceintroductionor'lead-in‘;Forexample:InconsideringSmith'sdiscussiononthermodynamics,Jones(1999)arguesthat…3.Tips4.Veryoften,inacademicwriting,reportingtakesplaceinthepresenttense,becauseoftheneedtobringpastresearchintothepresentmoment.(thirdperson)5.Ifyouhaveusedtheverb'said'veryofteninyourwriting,trytoreplacethiswithsomewordsmoredescriptiveandprecise.6.Informalverbsthatshouldbeavoided:mention,reckon,comeupwith,guess,etc.3.Tips3.Usages3.Usages3.UsagesThankYou!