the significance of research article (ra) abstract as a key academic genre has recently motivated analysts to focus on this neglected area. considering a summary function for abstracts, most genre researchers have adopted the conventionally proposed introduction- method- results- discussion (or conclusion) (imrd) model for analysis. however, the problems reported, especially for results and dis...

This article pursues two tasks. The first is to clarify the value and productivity of Williams’s Keywords: a vocabulary culture society (first edition 1976, second expanded 1983a) for project Cultural Studies. clarification helped, I argue, by reading it alongside Vološinov’s Marxism philosophy language (published in Russian 1929, translated into English 1973). related task speculative developm...