Are Abstracts in Social Sciences and Humanities the same? Discursive Features of Basque Abstracts

Abstract

Scientific summaries or abstracts have a significant importance in the academic field. This is why many studies have been carried out on the prototypical structure of these texts in different languages and disciplines. In this work, we want to know the discursive characteristics of these texts in Basque and also identify the differences between the Social and Human Sciences. For this purpose, the 99 abstracts published in the journal Uztaro in the last five years have been analysed, based on Hyland’s model (2000). According to the results, there are multiple structures and there is a general, lack of homogeneity, both in one and in another discipline. Therefore, reflections will be presented on the need to take steps towards systematization.