Evaluation in experimental research articles

This thesis examines evaluation in experimental research articles in terms of the meanings made and their contribution to the organisation of the articles. After an introduction to the phenomenon of evaluation in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 surveys recent work concerning the process of scientific discovery and the writing of research articles. Chapter 3 returns to evaluation and its place in various theories of discourse, mainly those of Sinclair and of Halliday. The model of evaluation proposed in this thesis is set out in the next three chapters, dealing in turn with the Status, Value and Relevance functions of evaluation. Status is the function of evaluation which bestows entity, assessing along a certain-uncertain parameter. Value bestows quality and assesses along a good-bad parameter. Evaluation of Relevance is meta-discoursal and marks significance. Relevance Markers are identified, which progressively chunk and organise the text. Comparisons between texts analysed for Status, Value and Relevance demonstrate a movement towards the theoretical and an increase in complexity of argument as the sub-discipline under discussion progresses. Chapter 7 investigates the contribution of evaluation towards text structure and notes a number of ways in which discourse units in experimental research articles may be organised. The concluding chapter, Chapter 8, discusses some of the practical and theoretical implications of the work described in the thesis. The Appendix contains the research articles which comprise the corpus

Research Articles

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Reviews of research articles

Reviews of Audiences for Contemporary Radio Formats by James T. Lull, Lawrence M. Johnson and Carol E. Sweeny; How Numbers Are Shown: A Review of Research on the Presentation of Quantitive Data in Texas by Michael MacDonald Ross; The Picture in Your Mind by Malcolm L. Fleming; TV Captures Extension Farm Audience by Marion E. Kroetz and Robert Cole; Communication Behavior and Effectiveness of Professionals in a Research Dissemination Organization by Nemi C. Jain; Newspaper versus Newspaper - A Statewide Study of the Weekly by George M. Winford; Impact of Follow-up Mailing on Return Rates in Surveys of Six Different Elite Groups by Michael Ryan; Comparison of Factual Recall from Film and Print Stimuli by Karen Browne; Recall of Television Weather Reports by David Hyatt, Kathy Riley, and Noel Sederstrom

Research Articles: Section Introduction

The Basic Communication Course Annual publishes the best scholarship available on topics related to the basic course and is distributed nationally to scholars and educators interested in the basic communication course. Each article is indexed in its entirety in the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), an authoritative database of educational literature and resources. Essential for education researchers of all kinds, it features journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Manuscripts published in the Basic Communication Course Annual are not restricted to any particular methodology or approach. They address issues that are significant to the basic course, defined broadly. Articles in the Annual may focus on the basic course in traditional or nontraditional settings. The Annual uses a blind review process

Research Articles: Section Introduction

The Basic Communication Course Annual publishes the best scholarship available on topics related to the basic course and is distributed nationally to scholars and educators interested in the basic communication course. Each article is indexed in its entirety in the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), an authoritative database of educational literature and resources. Essential for education researchers of all kinds, it features journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Manuscripts published in the Basic Communication Course Annual are not restricted to any particular methodology or approach. They address issues that are significant to the basic course, defined broadly. Articles in the Annual may focus on the basic course in traditional or nontraditional settings. The Annual uses a blind review process

Reviews of research articles

Reviews of Audiences for Contemporary Radio Formats by James T. Lull, Lawrence M. Johnson and Carol E. Sweeny; How Numbers Are Shown: A Review of Research on the Presentation of Quantitive Data in Texas by Michael MacDonald Ross; The Picture in Your Mind by Malcolm L. Fleming; TV Captures Extension Farm Audience by Marion E. Kroetz and Robert Cole; Communication Behavior and Effectiveness of Professionals in a Research Dissemination Organization by Nemi C. Jain; Newspaper versus Newspaper - A Statewide Study of the Weekly by George M. Winford; Impact of Follow-up Mailing on Return Rates in Surveys of Six Different Elite Groups by Michael Ryan; Comparison of Factual Recall from Film and Print Stimuli by Karen Browne; Recall of Television Weather Reports by David Hyatt, Kathy Riley, and Noel Sederstrom