communicative moves and lexical cohesion patterns (lcps), as mounting evidence shows, are two important indicators in writing and publishing the ras. however, the interaction between these two crucial elements and the contribution of this interaction to the failure or success of the ras have not been given due attention to date. having this in mind and based on a sound theoretical framework, at...

In light of the understanding that the analysis of the generic features of different academic genres can enhance the ability of non-native members of academic discourse communities to understand, and where appropriate, to produce them, the present study aimed at investigating the dominant generic structure of research articles in mathematics. To start with a relatively narrow focus, a corpus of...

the present study explored the rhetorical representation of authorial identity signaled by interactive/interactional metadiscourse strategies and integral/non-integral citation patterns in international and iranian local research article discussion sections. the study also explored variation in metadiscourse and citation resources across three subdisciplines of language testing, english languag...

This special section focuses on service-learning in community action research, with an emphasis on Theory, Research, and Practice. This Introduction is organized into three sections. In the first section, a brief description of service-learning is provided, and the general goals of the special issue are delineated. The second section provides a rationale for the special section, including a bri...

All submissions must include an Abstract. An Abstract should be brief, providing the reader with a concise but complete summary of the paper. Generalizations such as ‘methods were described’ should not be used. Meta-analyses/Systematic Reviews and Scientific Studies should have a structured abstract of no more than 200 words with the following sections: Purpose, Methods, Results and Conclusions...

As the leading section in a research article (RA), introduction typically leaves lasting impression on reader. It is thus necessary to make well-crafted and organized writing of successful RAs. However, lack studies has paid attention rhetorical moves non-Scopus Scopus RA introductions linguistics area. Therefore, present study first investigated realization essentiality steps from both corpora...

INTRODUCTION Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe (PHIRE), building on previous European collaborative projects, was developed to assess national uptake and impacts of European public health innovations, to describe national public health research programmes, strategies and structures and to develop participation of researchers through the organizational structures of the European Pu...