The cognitive and pragmatic model of the English language-based research article macrostructure


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Authors

  • A.A. Baibatyrova L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32523/2616-678X-2018-125-4-25-41

Keywords:

empirical article, macro-structure, cognitive and pragmatic model, structuring, move

Abstract

Having an article published in the high index citation journals turns to be a considerable
challenge for professional researchers, as well as novices writers. Writing such an article supposes not
only deep awareness of the topic of investigation but also adequate skills to present the results in the form
following the conventions in the English language academic culture. These canons include the abilities to
structure a text according the its communicative and pragmatic purposes as well as semantic information,
presented in the conventional sections of Introduction-Methodology-Result-Discussion (IMRD). This
paper aims to show how IMRD is realized in 60 research articles from the high impact factor Humanities
journals whose authors are experts in the academic discourse, genre and text studies. The main method is
the quantitative analysis of the articles which contributed to the identification of most frequent models of the
textual macrostructure, such as Abstract-Introduction-(Other Heading)-Methodology-Results-DiscussionConclusion и Abstract–Introduction-Methodology-(Results & Discussion)-Conclusion. Besides, the
qualitative discursive analysis of the articles also enabled to distinguish the text fragments that clearly show
the communicative purpose of an article section. The findings demonstrate that structuring a text is deeply
cognitive as it includes knowledge of discipline, text organization and readers’ expectations. Structuring
a text is also pragmatic because aims to convincingly present the research and have the perlocutionary
effect from recipients. In this connection, this paper highlights the cognitive and pragmatic model of the
macrostructure of the analyzed articles. The results of the investigation can be helpful for novice writers
of empirical articles

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Published

2018-12-31

How to Cite

Baibatyrova А. (2018). The cognitive and pragmatic model of the English language-based research article macrostructure. Bulletin of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. PHILOLOGY Series, 125(4), 25–41. https://doi.org/10.32523/2616-678X-2018-125-4-25-41

Issue

Vol. 125 No. 4 (2018)

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