Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings / John M. Swales
01 Jan 1991-Vol. 1991, Iss: 1991, pp 1-99
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TL;DR: The genre characteristics of the one-page “summary” in the TESOL conference proposal are described and variation in the sequencing of these moves depended not only on the specific audience but also on writers' individual style.
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TL;DR: This article explored the interactive and interactional functions of metadiscursive nouns in the rhetorical moves of 240 research abstracts from six disciplines and found that these nouns are frequently used to frame and coherently manage arguments while, at the same time, helping writers to claim disciplinary legitimacy and promote the value and relevance of their research to their discipline.
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TL;DR: This article investigated the rhetorical properties of Arabic research article introductions, using Swales' CARS model, and found that Arabic introductions are varied in terms of their organization, resulting in a hybrid rhetorical structure.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the language of the female body in time and space processes and opinions using code and body language, and present an intervention to study the body language of women.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Preface: Code and Body - an intervention Studying the Language of the Female Body: Some Context Genre, Text-Type and Rhetorical Strategy Naming and Describing Equating, Contrasting, Enumerating and Exemplifying Assuming and Implying The Body in Time and Space Processes and Opinions Conclusions Bibliography Index
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TL;DR: The authors compared published writing produced by British and Sudanese medical researchers and found that the British writing made far greater use of nominalisation, both to express authorial disinterestedness and to realise processes and attributes in a more succinct way.
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