Move analysis is a text analytical approach first developed by John Swales (1981) to
investigate the underlying generic structure of research articles (RAs) in terms of moves-and …

The term voice is frequently used in current writing research. This review gives an overview
of empirical studies which aimed to identify voice features in academic texts written by …

Hedges and boosters are important metadiscursive resources for writers to mark their
epistemic stance and position writer–reader relations. Building on previous research that …

Purpose–This paper aims to report a study of researchers' preferences in selecting
information from cited papers to include in a literature review, and the kinds of …

Genre analysis has provided insights into the textual organization of different genres. In the
research article (RA) genre, previous studies demonstrate that disciplinary variation is …

Conformity to the epistemological orientations of academic disciplines is often reflected in
the ways in which knowledge is constructed and communicated through certain linguistic …

Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research speaks to
the rapidly growing area of second language writing by providing a uniquely balanced …

This study examined 90 research article abstracts in three applied linguistics journals (ie,
TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics, and Language Learning) from two dimensions: the …

Using Swales'(1990, 2004) Create-A-Research-Space model (CARS) as an investigative
tool and Hyland's (2005) model of metadiscourse, this article reports on a pragmatic two …

Research article abstracts have become an important genre in all knowledge fields, playing
a crucial role in persuading readers, and reviewers, to take the time to go further into the …