A Doctor of Philosophy degree is expected to provide a transformative experience to
students and expand the frontier of disciplinary knowledge to benefit the wider public. The …

As English is the leading medium of communication in academia, publication in international
journals presents a goal and a challenge for some non-Anglophone researchers. Research …

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 …

Conducting innovative research often requires establishing and occupying a niche. In thesis
writing, the Literature Review (LR) chapter generally involves the evaluation of previous …

'Establishing a niche'often constitutes a crucial rhetorical move in research proposals and
journal papers in various academic disciplines. Research proposals and reports submitted …

Research questions have often been regarded as an indispensable part of experimental
research dissertations, yet the ways in which the language varies in the formulation of these …

This study explores how promotion is realized in applied linguistics (AL) research article
introductions (RAIs). We focus on one promotional strategy, claiming centrality, and examine …

Research articles have been considered as the primary media of knowledge production.
Nevertheless, for some undergraduate students, writing a research article can be a …

This study investigated the cross-disciplinary variations in the generic structure of
Introduction sections of 52 Applied Linguistics and 52 Chemistry research articles drawing …

Serving as a fundamental opening section, the research article introduction (RAI) provides
an entrance to a certain topic in the exploration of the unknown content of the research. It is …