The structure of PhD conclusion chapters  

Oleh:

Bunton, David

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of English for Academic Purposes (Full Text) vol. 4 no. 3 (2005), page 207–224.
Topik: Thesis/dissertation; Genre; Academic writing; Disciplinary variation; Conclusion; English for academic purposes
Fulltext: Bunton_David.pdf (149.43KB)

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This paper considers the generic structure of Conclusion chapters in PhD theses or dissertations. From a corpus of 45 PhD theses covering a range of disciplines, chapters playing a concluding role were identified and analysed for their functional moves and steps. Most Conclusions were found to restate purpose, consolidate research space with a varied array of steps, recommend future research and cover practical applications, implications or recommendations. However a minority were found to focus more on the field than on the thesis itself. These field-oriented Conclusions tended to adopt a problem–solution text structure, or in one case, an argument structure. Variations in focus and structure between disciplines were also found.

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