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Deng, Liming; Liu, Jing – Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study explores how lexical bundles link smaller functional units (steps) in research article (RA) conclusions in hard and soft science knowledge fields by using corpus-based and corpus-driven approaches. RA conclusion corpora from the hard and soft sciences were compiled and four-word lexical bundles were extracted from each corpus.…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Journal Articles, Scientific Research, Academic Language
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Ethelb, Hamza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The thematic and information structure of scientific and technical texts are arguably different among languages. This study examines the thematic structure of scientific texts in English and Arabic to see the differences in the hierarchical organization at different thematic levels. It adopts Halliday's functional model of theme-rheme and applies…
Descriptors: Translation, Scientific Research, Semitic Languages, English
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Kan, Mustafa Onur – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
This study aims to identify the interactive metadiscourse markers in the main sections of the articles (introduction, method, findings, results, discussion and conclusion) in the fields of science and social sciences. Designed as a descriptive research, this study employs the survey model. The articles analyzed in this study are a total of 16…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Text Structure, Research Reports, Sciences
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Mehlenbacher, Ashley Rose – Written Communication, 2019
The research article is a staple genre in the economy of scientific research, and although research articles have received considerable treatment in genre scholarship, little attention has been given to the important development of Registered Reports. Registered Reports are an emerging, hybrid genre that proceeds through a two-stage model of peer…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Scientific Research, Peer Evaluation, Writing for Publication
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Leong, Alvin Ping; Toh, Audrey Lin Lin; Chin, Soo Fun – Written Communication, 2018
While scholars in the field of writing studies have examined scientific writing from multiple perspectives, interest in its thematic structure has been modest. Recent studies suggest that the themes in scientific writing tend to be anchored on one or a few points of departure. There has also been an attempt at quantification using the…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Journal Articles, Biology, Scientific and Technical Information
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La-o-vorakiat, Aimon; Singhasiri, Wareesiri – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
Writing research articles is an important and demanding task for members of academia, and the introduction is generally considered the most difficult portion to write (Swales, 1990). Move analysis has proven useful in studying the communicative functions of introductions and other sections of research articles, and is thus beneficial in training…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Research Reports, Writing (Composition), Faculty Publishing