A Rhetorical Examination of Introductory and Concluding Sections in Interdisciplinary Scholarly Publications (Research Paper)

The study of genres has grown in importance in the realm of academic writing during the last few decades, and move analysis and identification in particular has been the focus of many research studies due to their impact on overall quality of writing in academic papers. This study seeks to examine the structural arrangement of moves within the introductions and conclusions of research articles in interdisciplinary fields. Two datasets of English research articles consisting of ۹۰ introductions and ۹۰ conclusions representing interdisciplinary fields were compiled. The research articles were selected from three modes of interdisciplinarity based on Barry and Born’s (۲۰۱۳) model. Then, the dataset was examined using two frameworks: Ruiying and Allison's (۲۰۰۳) model for analyzing conclusion parts and Swales's genre analysis approach (۲۰۰۴) for identifying structural patterns in introductory sections. Analysis of the current study revealed that the introductions and conclusions follow a consistent rhetorical structure in research articles from interdisciplinary fields. Nevertheless, differences in the present corpus are also spotlighted. The results have implications for English for Specific Purposes professionals to train new researchers to publish successfully in interdisciplinary fields and assist them in communicating effectively with their audience since familiarity with move schemes offers a clear guide for authors to properly structure their academic papers.

کلیدواژه ها:

move analysis ، research articles ، Rhetorical structure ، interdisciplinary field ، move sequences