Zeinab Abdollahpour Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Abstract sections,Move,Research articles,Rhetorical structures
Department of Applied Linguistics, Urmia University, Iran
I am Zeinab Abdollahpour belonging to Department of Applied Linguistics, intrested in the field of Abstract sections; Move; Research articles; Rhetorical structures from Urmia University, Iran
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Zeinab Abdollahpour and Javad Gholami
Background and aims: Abstracts as an independent type of genre play a crucial role in selling research articles (RAs), therefore; it is essential to acquire their rhetorical structures and linguistic features to enter a discourse community. Following Santos’s (1996) move scheme model, this study aimed at exploring the most frequently employed rhetorical structures in the abstract sections (ASs) of research articles (RAs) in medical sciences. Material and methods: To this end, a total of 1500 empiricallyoriented RA abstracts with high impact factors were selected from five data bases and analyzed manually. Results: The results showed that medical abstracts were structured within a five-move scheme wherein moves Situating the research (STR), Presenting the research (PTR), and Discus... view moreĀ»