The research article: Aspects of disciplinary variation

 

John M. Swales

 

Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Michigan

 

 

 

Room 116, Wennan Building, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures

 

 

 

The research article is “the master narrative” of our time” (Montgomery, 1996). But this key genre is highly variable—different disciplines have different conventions and expectations. In this talk, we examine this variability, focusing primarily on method sections. Consequences for the teaching research paper writing are then explored.