Content Vol. 3 N 2, 2017
Pages 37 - 57
Pages 37 - 57
Master of Arts Theses’ Abstracts in Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Meknes Morocco: A Genre Analysis; Mohamed Mliless; Inter. J. Acad. Stud.; 3(02):37-51
Abstract:
It is commonly believed that writing abstracts for academic purposes is not an easy task for non-native English students. In the Moroccan context, students need to write dissertations in conformity with conventions adopted by scholars of academic genre analysis. This study investigates the extent to which writing abstracts by Master of Arts students in applied linguistics at the faculty of Arts and Humanities Meknes, Morocco is in conformity with academic conventions. In fact, little research has been devoted to this issue in the Moroccan context. To fill this gap, this study analyses 30 abstracts, submitted between 2013 and 2015, using (Hyland, 2000) IPMPrC model to investigate moves occurrence, the use of past and present tense, and the frequency of active and passive voice. The results reveal that the PMPr feature is prevalent, the present tense is used more than the past tense, and that active and passive voice structures occur recurrently in the present tense. The findings have important pedagogical implications for Master students in applied linguistics and teachers of research methods so as to implement convenient methods that may boost students’ writing skills.
Key words:
Master of Arts thesis, Abstracts, Applied Linguistics, Genre analysis, Academic writing, Moroccan master students.
Orthogonality of the Range and Kernel of Normal Derivations; Benard O. Owino, N. B. Okelo, Omolo Ongati; Inter. J. Acad. Stud.; 3(02):52-57
Abstract:
Characterizations of derivations have been done and certain aspects have excellent results. In this paper demonstrate some results on local minimum and orthogonality of normal derivations. Considering orthogonality, let S∈Cp and let N(S) have the polar decomposition N(S)=U|N(S)|, then〖∥N(X)∥〗_Cp≥〖∥N(S)∥〗_Cpfor X∈Cp if 〖|N(S)|〗^(n-1) U^* ϵ kerδ_(B,A). Let δ:Cp→Cp be normal, then the linear map δ_N= ∥N(x)∥ attains a local minimum at x∈ Cp if and only if z ∈ Cp such that D_(N(x)) (ϕ(z))≥0. Also let T∈ Cp, and let N(T) have the polar decompositionN(T)=U|N(T)|, then the map 〖 δ〗_N attains local minimum on Cp at T if and only if|N(T) | U^*∈ker∅^*.Moreover, the map δ_N has a local minimum at x∈C_p if and only if infT_(h,N(x)(φ(y))≥0) for y ∈C_p.
Key words:
Banach space, Hilbert space, Gateaux derivative, Orthogonality, Schatten-p Class.