Native experts and reputable journals as points of reference: A study on research-article discussions

The current study sought to compare the rhetorical moves and steps that native-English-speaking Iranian authors of research articles (RAs) employ in writing up ‘discussion’ sections their RAs. It was hypothesized latter group is not as proficient RA discussions former group. A total 66 (N=66) from three reputable international academic journals were sampled years 2009 2019. This corpus then analyzed by human coders who used Yang Allison’s (2003) move analysis model for scoring discussions. Results showed stark differences between native writers; majority are considered obligatory or conventional seen options With being standard points reference, it concluded RAs lack professional knowledge expertise prerequisite recommended (a) non-native receive training discussions, (b) journal editors be more sensitive before they accept a submission publication.