Rhetorical, Grammatical, And Generic Structures
The present study aimed to discover how the authors employ specific rhetorical, grammatical, and stylistic elements in presenting new knowledge to the target audience and how they communicate science to the community of academicians in order to convey scientific information to various audiences. To this end, the generic structures, as well as lexico-grammaticality systems inbuilt in Introduction Sections of English academic research papers of three different disciplines: linguistics, chemistry and software engineering, were explored. To collect the data, a corpus consisting of 90 papers, 30 for each discipline, published from 2014 onwards in Elsevier journals were selected randomly. For genre analysis, Hasan's model of generic structure potential
and for the analysis of lexico-grammaticality systems, Halliday's model were used. The results showed that 'Previous Study' and 'Purpose of Study' were the obligatory elements among the 11 types of generic structures. Furthermore, material process, declarative mood, the use of conjunctions in textual theme, and circumstantial adjunct were mostly used while no interpersonal theme was found in obligatory elements. The findings promise pedagogical implications for new writers and university students of different fields of study.
and for the analysis of lexico-grammaticality systems, Halliday's model were used. The results showed that 'Previous Study' and 'Purpose of Study' were the obligatory elements among the 11 types of generic structures. Furthermore, material process, declarative mood, the use of conjunctions in textual theme, and circumstantial adjunct were mostly used while no interpersonal theme was found in obligatory elements. The findings promise pedagogical implications for new writers and university students of different fields of study.