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Table 4 Move sequence of P1

From: An exploratory genre analysis of three graduate degree research proposals in applied linguistics

Move sequence of P1

Move 1

Establishing a territory

 

 Reviewing items of previous research (1sentence)

Move 2

Establishing a niche

 

 Indicating a gap in research world (3 sentences)

 

 Indicating a gap in real world (5 sentences)

 

 Indicating a gap in research (1 sentences)

 

 Indicating a gap in real world (1sentence)

Move 4

Establishing theoretical basis

 

 Reviewing literature relevant to theory (1sentence)

 

 Explaining theory (2 sentences)

 

 Defining theory (1 sentence)

 

 Explaining theory (5 sentences)

 

 Defining theory (1 sentence)

 

 Explaining theory (2 sentences)

Move 1

Establishing a territory

 

 Reviewing items of previous research (33 sentences)

Move 2

Establishing a niche

 

 Indicating a gap in research world (2 sentences)

Move 3

Occupying the niche

 

 Spelling out significance of research to real world (1 sentence)

 

 Outlining purposes (14 sentences)

Move 5

Spelling out methodology

 

 Delimiting scope of study (2 sentences)

 

 Describing subjects (4 sentences)

Move 3

Occupying the niche

 

 Spelling out contribution/significance of research (7 sentences)

Move 5

Spelling out methodology

 

 Defining terms (10 sentences)

 

 Describing subjects (6 sentences)

 

 Describing experiment (1 sentence)

 

 Describing analytical procedure (9 sentences)

 

 Describing experiment (11 sentences)

Move 6

Achieving closure

 

 Indicating limitation (3 sentences)