Research on academic writing in general, and on the research article genre in particular,
has investigated the generic structure of the Abstract, or of the Introduction section of the
research article, with little attention being paid to other sections (Methods, Results,
Discussion and Conclusions). Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study
investigates the move structures of all the sections of the research article, including the
Abstract. The study explores the sequencing and structure of moves, and how linguistic …