RA4-Introduction

The CARS model in Structural patterns in empirical research articles:A cross-disciplinary study

The CARS model in Structural patterns in empirical research articles: A cross-disciplinary study

• Establishing the territory
  • Paraphrase ideas shared by different sources
  • Scholarly interest
    • Foundation
      • Development
        • Studies on I
          • not only
        • Studies on MRD
          • but also
• Identifying a niche
  • Paucity
    • Reason
      • Establishment
        • Existing analyses
    • Consequences
      • Limited scope of analysis
      • Imprecise description of purposes
  • Two most illuminating studies
    • Yang & Allison
      • Illuminating
        • analyzed
        • found
        • revealed
        • has be assigned
        • could be justified
      • Questionable
        • We
          • argue
        • Cargill & O'Connor
          • commented
        • undermined
        • has indeed become the standard means
    • Posteguillo
      • Illuminating
        • [analysis]
        • concluded
        • attributed
        • [explanation]
        • Swales
          • illustrated
            • Importance of categorizing RAs
  • Scope and scale
  • Timeframe
• Occupying the niche
  • To address the limitations
  • To cater for the needs