List of tables
Table 1.
Swales’s (1990) CARS model
Table 2.
Swales’s (2004) revisited CARS model
Table 3.
Previous research into rhetorical structures and/or linguistic features of
research articles in particular disciplines
Table 4.
Previous research into variation in rhetorical structures and/or linguistic
features by influencing factor
Table 5.
Structural classification of lexical bundles in research article
introductions
Table 6.
Functional categorisation of lexical bundles in academic writing
Table 7.
Previous research connecting phraseologies to communicative functions
Table 8.
Previous research into rhetorical variation by disciplinary factor
Table 9.
Stages of consultation with disciplinary informants
Table 10.
Corpus components by sub-corpus
Table 11.
Segmentation protocol
Table 12.
Comparison of the segmentation protocols
Table 13.
Subsets of articles in order of coding
Table 14.
Statistical analyses performed on each group of sub-corpora differentiated by
the discipline-related factor
Table 15.
Move/step framework for IM[RD]C mechanical engineering research
articles
Table 16.
Move/step frequency in the introduction section
Table 17.
Proportion of units coded below the sentence level in the introduction
section
Table 18.
Move/step frequency in the methods section
Table 19.
Proportion of units coded below the sentence level in the methods
section
Table 20.
Move/step frequency in the results-discussion section
Table 21.
Proportion of units coded below the sentence level in the results-discussion
section
Table 22.
Move/step frequency in the conclusion section
Table 23.
Proportion of units coded below the sentence level in the conclusion
section
Table 24.
Frequencies of other functions
Table 25.
Proportion of units coded below the sentence level in the ‘other functions’
category
Table 26.
Distribution of structural categories and sub-categories
Table 27.
Distribution of structural categories
Table 28.
Distribution of the VP-based subcategories
Table 29.
Semantic and emotivity classification of matrix predicates in the SP
patterns
Table 30.
Distribution of functional categories and subcategories
Table 31.
Results from statistical tests performed on introduction moves and steps
(simplified version of Table 55
in Appendix B)
Table 32.
Results from statistical tests performed on methods moves and steps
(simplified version of Table 56
in Appendix B)
Table 33.
Results from statistical tests performed on results-discussion moves and
steps (simplified version of Table 57 in Appendix B)
Table 34.
Results from statistical tests performed on conclusion moves and steps
(simplified version of Table 58
in Appendix B)
Table 35.
Results from statistical tests performed on communicative functions in the
‘others’ category (simplified version of Table 59 in Appendix B)
Table 36.
Summary of differences on the sub-disciplinary level
Table 37.
Summary of differences on the research tradition level
Table 38.
Summary of differences on the publication time level
Table 39.
Frequency of plural first-person pronouns in the moves/sections across the
sub-corpora
Table 40.
Range of introduction moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 41.
Frequency of introduction moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 42.
Length of introduction moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 43.
Range of methods moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 44.
Frequency of methods moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 45.
Length of methods moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 46.
Range of results-discussion moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 47.
Frequency of results-discussion moves and steps across the
sub-corpora
Table 48.
Length of results-discussion moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 49.
Range of conclusion moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 50.
Frequency of conclusion moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 51.
Length of conclusion moves and steps across the sub-corpora
Table 52.
Range of the other functions across the sub-corpora
Table 53.
Frequency of the other functions across the sub-corpora
Table 54.
Length of the other functions across the sub-corpora
Table 55.
Results from statistical tests performed on introduction moves and
steps
Table 56.
Results from statistical tests performed on methods moves and steps
Table 57.
Results from statistical tests performed on results-discussion moves and
steps
Table 58.
Results from statistical tests performed on conclusion moves and
steps
Table 59.
Results from statistical tests performed on communicative functions in the
‘others’ category