This paper presents a linguistic description of the schematic organisation of research articles
in the field of computer science. Forty articles from three different academic journals in …

In English for specific purposes (ESP) genre studies, the discourse structure of texts is
typically described as being made up of a series of moves, each of which may contain one …

This volume argues that adults can learn English as a second language if their typical errors
are corrected systematically and in line with their preferred style of learning. The remedy …

This paper explores task evolution in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing
materials, taking, as an illustrative case, written commentaries on non-verbal material such …

Visuals (eg, figures) are prevalent in academic writing across disciplines, and they are
usually accompanied by commentaries that summarize and/or interpret the information they …

This article is written as a tribute to John Swales for his work in ESP and discourse analysis.
While outlining some of his major work, it argues that he has consistently worked to maintain …

This paper analyzes discourse acts in an ESP context from a local grammar perspective. We
illustrate this analysis by constructing a local grammar for the discourse act of commenting …

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the frequency of academic criticism (AC)
varies in the four most frequent written genres of medical Spanish discourse–editorials (ED) …

The article focuses on the use and misuse of models-both appropriate and inappropriate-in
the report-writing practices of first year physics students, especially those from non-English …

This paper adopts a local grammar approach to explore how the semantic patterns of the
discourse act of graphic data commentary in economics research articles have changed …