Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
EAP 506
Professor. Cheng
Understanding journal article structure and writing a language
analysis paper are very useful skills. These skills are important for graduate
pathway students to achieve their success in their academic life. They can
identify how the author uses the language to convince the readers about
certain issues or ideas using deferent techniques. This paper will analyze the
article of Taxis as Recourse Options for Ridesharing Services (Vodopivec,
Tobias, Hooks, Schonfeld, and Mohebbi, 2015) into three parts: first, the
language features. second, the use of specialized vocabulary and third the
language grammar uses and the summary.
First, I will base my analysis upon a close examination for the
author's language uses. It seems the authors use a formal type of writing
because the authors wrote the purpose of paper by saying This paper
investigates the effectiveness of routes and schedules created under a
deterministic travel time assumption ( Vodopivec, Tobias, Hooks, Schonfeld,
and Mohebbi, 2015, p. 86). In order to show the efficient of this research
paper without using (I) pronoun. So they evaluate this paper, and they use
this technique to show the significant of this paper. Even more, the authors
did not use the passive sentences, because they tryied to engage and
convince the readers with their active evidence. For example, the authors
said, Various studies investigate uncertainties associated with stochastic
behavior on the part of the customers (p. 86), which is in active voice to
present their engagement in pursuing advanced studies. According to this
article, Ridesharing services commonly offered at airports and to mobilityimpaired persons exist worldwide (p. 86). The authors use the adverb in the
middle of the sentences to make their writing in formal shape to show the
readers how it is a universal service as services in the airports. I think the
sentences become more interesting to read when the adverbs are placed in
the middle. Also, the authors did not write the direct question to mention
about their driving question many times in different ways. One of these ways
as an example, the authors Vodopivec, Tobias, Hooks, Schonfeld, and
Mohebbi (2015) said, Numerical experiments were performed to determine
the possible benefits of using a taxi recourse option (p. 91). As a result, I
can understand that they said can taxis help to improve ridesharing services.
The uses of informal negative writing in this paper are little, such as Although
theroutesarecreatedunderdeterministicassumptions,theyareimplementedinanenvironment
forwhichimportantcharacteristics cannot beknowndeterministicallyinadvance (p. 91).
Furthermore, the authors used long sentences in this article, it seems the
authors were trying to describe many information or the significant and the
great value of this paper. You can check the long quotation above for
negative formality. Also, it means the authors are not choppy in presenting
their idea or facts.
Second, the authors use many symbolisms. They use the sense
words such as the words (foresight, insight) in this article These routes and
clause
functions
are
the
adverb,
noun,
and
adjective.
use
punctuations
such
as
terminal
punctuation
(?,!,.),
comma,
paper encouraged the reader to share the ideas and facts with authors view
and make it an acceptable research.
Bibliography
Vodopivec, T. H. (2015, 08). Taxis as a Recourse Option for Ridesharing
Services. Transportation Research Board, 2536, 8697.