The Recycling of Objective Move in English Research Articles’ Discussion Sections

While numerous studies have scrutinized the rhetorical structures of Research Articles (RAs) through move analysis, it appears that Move Recycling (MR) across RA sections has received little attention. The current study sought to fill this gap by investigating whether recycling Objective (study purposes/questions/hypotheses) in Discussion sections, which was previously used Introduction, is vulnerable disciplinary differences. To achieve study’s objective, 600 English RAs published between 2006 and 2018 six Soft Science disciplines, with an equal number each discipline were selected. model developed Weissberg Buker (1990) served as a road map for analyzing RAs. After identifying Introductions, frequency its Discussions calculated compared disciplines. data analysis revealed variations do not result Discussions. It concluded been established sample certain functions. findings may help students, novice researchers, Academic Purposes (EAP) writing instructors understand how spans