Examining structure in scientific research articles : a study of thematic progression and thematic density

• Main Authors: Leong, Alvin Ping, Toh, Audrey Lin Lin, Chin, Soo Fun
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Language; Theme; Grammatical Voice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145269
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While scholars in the field of writing studies have examined scientific writing from multiple perspectives, interest in its thematic structure has been modest. Recent studies suggest that the themes in scientific writing tend to be anchored on one or a few points of departure. There has also been...