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. 205–236
Chapter 7Rhetorical variation within the mechanical engineering discipline
Published online: 3 April 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.107.c7
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.107.c7
Article outline
- Introduction
- 7.1Results of quantitative analyses
- 7.2Intra-disciplinary variation
- 7.2.1Variation on the sub-disciplinary level (mechanical systems and
thermal-fluids engineering)
- 7.2.1.1Statistical summary of sub-disciplinary differences
- 7.2.1.2The creation of a research space
- 7.2.1.3The type of research gaps
- 7.2.1.4The scale of method validation
- 7.2.1.5The degree of details provided for data acquisition tools/instruments/materials
- 7.2.1.6The preferred venue for evaluations of the study and the methods
- 7.2.1.7Taking research into a wider context
- 7.2.1.8Moving towards to a better-structured paper
- 7.2.1.9The phraseological profile
- Sequences related to the research topics
- Sequences making suggestions
- Sequences providing explanations for results
- 7.2.2Variation on the research tradition level (experimental, theoretical
and mixed)
- 7.2.2.1Statistical summary of paradigmatic differences
- 7.2.2.2Gap identification strategies
- 7.2.2.3Ways of integrating established knowledge
- 7.2.2.4Focus on research instruments or focus on data acquisition procedures
- 7.2.2.5Approaches to validating methods and results
- 7.2.2.6Types of results presented
- 7.2.2.7Distinctive use of phraseological items
- Sequences signifying comparisons and explanations for comparison results
- Sequences related to research tools and methodological procedures
- 7.2.3Variation on the publication time level (2002–2006 and
2012–2016)
- 7.2.3.1Statistical summary of differences on the level of publication time
- 7.2.3.2The creation of a research space
- 7.2.3.3Response to the existing state of inquiry
- 7.2.3.4Increased emphasis on the rigour of the methods and veracity of knowledge claims
- 7.2.3.5Moving towards a more organised and structured paper
- 7.2.3.6Phraseological use
- 7.2.4Summary
- 7.2.1Variation on the sub-disciplinary level (mechanical systems and
thermal-fluids engineering)
