That- stance Found in Discussion Sections in Applied Linguistics Research Articles

This study identified the use of evaluative ‘that’ stance embedded in rhetorical move structures applied linguistics research articles discussion sections written English and published international Thai journals. The aimed to investigate uses for observing practices both data was gathered from 80 articles. moves were analyzed. Occurrences counted within move-step. results revealed that journals authors employed a similar amount stances, although they occurred different steps. International used an commenting on results, whereas journal tended reporting results. In subtypes stance, Doubt heavily four: corpus. findings confirmed Certainty found same contexts corpora. Surprisingly, only few instances Neutral show differences common convention between could provide information terms how section presented help novice EFL scholars write discussions comply with conventions.