Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines
Reporting Verbs have gained considerable attention in corpus-based studies during the previous years. It is necessary to utilize reporting verbs appropriately to establish the writer’s claims and situate them across formerly published studies. Given the importance of the reporting verbs, the current...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch
2023-10-01
|
| Series: | Research in English Language Pedagogy |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://relp.isfahan.iau.ir/article_706823_e2d9463a938b833d65ca27e911242214.pdf |
| _version_ | 1827785903027781632 |
|---|---|
| author | Fereshte Dehghan Hossein Saadabadi, Motlaq Seyed Foad Ebrahimi |
| author_facet | Fereshte Dehghan Hossein Saadabadi, Motlaq Seyed Foad Ebrahimi |
| author_sort | Fereshte Dehghan |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Reporting Verbs have gained considerable attention in corpus-based studies during the previous years. It is necessary to utilize reporting verbs appropriately to establish the writer’s claims and situate them across formerly published studies. Given the importance of the reporting verbs, the current study explored the rates and the differences of reporting verbs across science disciplines. Hence, a total number of 200 Results and Discussion sections of research articles consisting of 50 excerpts from the four science categories introduced by Science Direct web of science, namely Life Science, Social Science and Humanities, Physical Science and Engineering, and Health Sciences were gathered and used as the corpus and analyzed based on Thomas and Hawes's framework. The results showed that authors in Life Science and Health Science used more reporting verbs in comparison to the other two science disciplines. Furthermore, the tentative reporting verbs had a higher frequency than certainty reporting verbs. The research findings have several implications for novice researchers within various science disciplines in reporting their claims using reporting verbs and for course designers to treat crucial problems of the students in their academic writings. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-11T16:26:16Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-8e6b92518a3a4d4d844b8903cd022204 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2588-3259 2538-4244 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-11T16:26:16Z |
| publishDate | 2023-10-01 |
| publisher | Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Research in English Language Pedagogy |
| spelling | doaj.art-8e6b92518a3a4d4d844b8903cd0222042023-10-24T10:38:31ZengIslamic Azad University, Isfahan BranchResearch in English Language Pedagogy2588-32592538-42442023-10-0111453154810.30486/relp.2023.1972005.1414706823Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft DisciplinesFereshte Dehghan0Hossein Saadabadi, Motlaq1Seyed Foad Ebrahimi2English Language Department, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, IranEnglish Language Department, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, IranEnglish Language Department, Shadegan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shadegan, IranReporting Verbs have gained considerable attention in corpus-based studies during the previous years. It is necessary to utilize reporting verbs appropriately to establish the writer’s claims and situate them across formerly published studies. Given the importance of the reporting verbs, the current study explored the rates and the differences of reporting verbs across science disciplines. Hence, a total number of 200 Results and Discussion sections of research articles consisting of 50 excerpts from the four science categories introduced by Science Direct web of science, namely Life Science, Social Science and Humanities, Physical Science and Engineering, and Health Sciences were gathered and used as the corpus and analyzed based on Thomas and Hawes's framework. The results showed that authors in Life Science and Health Science used more reporting verbs in comparison to the other two science disciplines. Furthermore, the tentative reporting verbs had a higher frequency than certainty reporting verbs. The research findings have several implications for novice researchers within various science disciplines in reporting their claims using reporting verbs and for course designers to treat crucial problems of the students in their academic writings.https://relp.isfahan.iau.ir/article_706823_e2d9463a938b833d65ca27e911242214.pdfcorpus studyreporting verbsresearch articlesresults and discussion sections |
| spellingShingle | Fereshte Dehghan Hossein Saadabadi, Motlaq Seyed Foad Ebrahimi Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines Research in English Language Pedagogy corpus study reporting verbs research articles results and discussion sections |
| title | Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines |
| title_full | Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines |
| title_fullStr | Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines |
| title_short | Reporting Verbs in Results and Discussion Sections of Scientific Research Articles of Hard and Soft Disciplines |
| title_sort | reporting verbs in results and discussion sections of scientific research articles of hard and soft disciplines |
| topic | corpus study reporting verbs research articles results and discussion sections |
| url | https://relp.isfahan.iau.ir/article_706823_e2d9463a938b833d65ca27e911242214.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT fereshtedehghan reportingverbsinresultsanddiscussionsectionsofscientificresearcharticlesofhardandsoftdisciplines AT hosseinsaadabadimotlaq reportingverbsinresultsanddiscussionsectionsofscientificresearcharticlesofhardandsoftdisciplines AT seyedfoadebrahimi reportingverbsinresultsanddiscussionsectionsofscientificresearcharticlesofhardandsoftdisciplines |