In: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
► pp. 286–301
Appendix CResults of quantitative analyses
Published online: 3 April 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.107.app3
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.107.app3
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 1AIndicate a gap
- Move 3.Address the niche
- Move 3/Step 2AAnnounce present research descriptively or purposefully
- The methods section
- Move 1BDelineate study procedures
- Move 1B/Step 2Identify 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 2AProvide background knowledge
- Move 2A/Step 1AProvide general orientation
- Move 2A/Step 2Make reference to previous research or other sources
- Move 2A/Step 5AFormulate research problems
- Move 2B/Step 6Provide theoretical analysis
- Move 2B/Step 7State and describe variables
- Move 2B/Step 11Validate 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 4BCompare the results directly
- Move 4/Step 4CCompare the results indirectly
- Move 4/Step 5BExplicate the comparison results
- Move 4/Step 6BAccount for the comparison results
- Move 4/Step 8AComment 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 1AGeneralise 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 1AHighlight principal research outcomes
- Move 2/Step 1CRestate validation results
- Move 5.Draw conclusions
- Move 6.Evaluate the study
- Move 6/Step 1AClaim 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
