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The Academic Discourse of Mechanical Engineering: A corpus-based study into rhetorical conventions of research articles
Thi Ngoc Phuong Le, Minh Man Pham and Michael Barlow
[
Studies in Corpus Linguistics
107] 2023
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Appendix C
Results of quantitative analyses
Article outline
The introduction section
Move 1.
Establish a territory
Move 1/Step 1.
Make topic generalisations
Move 1/Step 2.
Make reference to previous research
Move 1/Step 3.
Make suggestions
Move 1/Step 5.
Review previous studies
Move 2.
Identify a niche
Move 2/Step 1A
Indicate a gap
Move 3.
Address the niche
Move 3/Step 2A
Announce present research descriptively or purposefully
The methods section
Move 1B
Delineate study procedures
Move 1B/Step 2
Identify and develop tools, instruments, or materials for data acquisition
Move 2.
Contextualise the method
Move 2/Step 1.
Describe the study background
Move 2/Step 3.
Provide background information
Move 3.
Outline the method
Move 3/Step 1.
State variables and parameters
Move 3/Step 4.
Present assumptions
Move 4.
Acquire data
Move 4/Step 1.
State methodological procedures
Move 4/Step 2.
State data acquisition procedures
Move 4/Step 4.
State data reduction procedures
Move 5.
Detail tools, instruments, or materials for data acquisition
Move 5/Step 1.
Detail the research system
Move 5/Step 2.
Identify and develop data acquisition tools, instruments, or materials
Move 5/Step 3.
State and describe tools, instruments, or materials
Move 5/Step 4.
State research conditions and parameter settings
Move 6.
Process the data
Move 6/Step 1.
State data processing procedures
ove 7.
Validate the method and the tools
Move 7/Step 2.
State validation procedures
Move 7/Step 4.
Obtain validation data
Move 7/Step 6.
Report validation data
Move 7/Step 7.
Report validation results
The results-discussion section
Move 2A
Provide background knowledge
Move 2A/Step 1A
Provide general orientation
Move 2A/Step 2
Make reference to previous research or other sources
Move 2A/Step 5A
Formulate research problems
Move 2B/Step 6
Provide theoretical analysis
Move 2B/Step 7
State and describe variables
Move 2B/Step 11
Validate the method
Move 3.
Present results of the study
Move 3/Step 2.
Report specific results
Move 3/Step 4.
Report supporting results
Move 4.
Establish the credibility of the results and the method
Move 4/Step 3.
State tools, instruments, or materials for validation
Move 4/Step 4B
Compare the results directly
Move 4/Step 4C
Compare the results indirectly
Move 4/Step 5B
Explicate the comparison results
Move 4/Step 6B
Account for the comparison results
Move 4/Step 8A
Comment on the reliability of the method
Move 6.
Comment on the results
Move 6/Step 4.
Account for the results
Move 7.
Evaluate the study
Move 8/Step 1A
Generalise the results
The conclusion section
Move 1.
Review the study
Move 1/Step 2.
Summarise the study
Move 1/Step 3.
Draw on study-specific background
Move 2.
Summarise main findings
Move 2/Step 1A
Highlight principal research outcomes
Move 2/Step 1C
Restate validation results
Move 5.
Draw conclusions
Move 6.
Evaluate the study
Move 6/Step 1A
Claim the value of the research
Move 7.
Draw implications
The ‘other functions’ category
Announce moves and steps
Indicate the structure of the (sub)section
Explain table or figure elements