A MOVE STRUCTURE MODEL FOR DENTISTRY RESEARCH ARTICLE ABSTRACTS: A GENRE-BASED STUDY OF VARIATIONS AND SIMILARITIES IN EIGHT DENTISTRY SUBDISCIPLINES
Vol.14,No.1(2021)
rhetorical moves; move length; research article; abstract; academic writing; intradisciplinary variations; dentistry subdisciplines
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