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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
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Studies in Corpus Linguistics
107] 2023
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Chapter 7
Rhetorical variation within the mechanical engineering discipline
Article outline
Introduction
7.1
Results of quantitative analyses
7.2
Intra-disciplinary variation
7.2.1
Variation on the sub-disciplinary level (mechanical systems and thermal-fluids engineering)
7.2.1.1
Statistical summary of sub-disciplinary differences
7.2.1.2
The creation of a research space
7.2.1.3
The type of research gaps
7.2.1.4
The scale of method validation
7.2.1.5
The degree of details provided for data acquisition tools/instruments/materials
7.2.1.6
The preferred venue for evaluations of the study and the methods
7.2.1.7
Taking research into a wider context
7.2.1.8
Moving towards to a better-structured paper
7.2.1.9
The phraseological profile
Sequences related to the research topics
Sequences making suggestions
Sequences providing explanations for results
7.2.2
Variation on the research tradition level (experimental, theoretical and mixed)
7.2.2.1
Statistical summary of paradigmatic differences
7.2.2.2
Gap identification strategies
7.2.2.3
Ways of integrating established knowledge
7.2.2.4
Focus on research instruments or focus on data acquisition procedures
7.2.2.5
Approaches to validating methods and results
7.2.2.6
Types of results presented
7.2.2.7
Distinctive use of phraseological items
Sequences signifying comparisons and explanations for comparison results
Sequences related to research tools and methodological procedures
7.2.3
Variation on the publication time level (2002–2006 and 2012–2016)
7.2.3.1
Statistical summary of differences on the level of publication time
7.2.3.2
The creation of a research space
7.2.3.3
Response to the existing state of inquiry
7.2.3.4
Increased emphasis on the rigour of the methods and veracity of knowledge claims
7.2.3.5
Moving towards a more organised and structured paper
7.2.3.6
Phraseological use
7.2.4
Summary