Choice and Use of Context Frames to Augment the Writing of Result and Discussion Section of Research Articles across Four Disciplines

Abstract

This study focuses on the use and discourse functions of context frame markers in the result Gosden's (1992) taxonomy. Findings showed disciplinary differences in relation to the realisation of the context frame types, frequencies, and associated discourse functions. These differences in terms of types, frequencies, and discourse functions of context frames are imposed by the nature of the rhetorical section of result and discussion, the nature of the discipline, and both the nature of rhetorical section of result and discussion and the discipline, respectively. Findings suggest that context frames are an important means which the writer uses to deliver claims and arguments in results and discussion. As a result of the dictums imposed by the generic RA section and the nature of the discipline, marked disciplinary differences are found in the writing endeavour.

The Realizations of Point of Departure of Message in General English Texts

“…The sequence marked theme was used for 10% of marked theme types realized in the analyzed corpus. This result is in contrast with results reported by Ebrahimi et al (2015) and Ebrahimi (2016 b). This might suggest that in textbooks, writers prefer to present information in sequence of their appearance (Example 11).…”

“…The third marked theme type is the contrast marked theme (Example 9). The result plotted in Table 2 concerning the contrast marked theme is in line with Ebrahimi et al (2015) and Ebrahimi and Chan (2016) findings. It seems that the use of this marked theme could help in creating a negative relation between the information.…”