Genre analysis of internationaly published algerian medical research articles

Abstract

There is a rising importance of genre studies, and the need for the description of specialized academic genres, not to mention the importance of understanding the structure of academic writing, the sequencing and the lexico-grammatical features. As an attempt to provide a solution to the above mentioned incidences, this research aims at analyzing the moves structure, the lexico-grammatical features and the communicative purposes of internationally published Algerian Medical Research Articles. Swales' (1990) Create a Research Space model is followed to analyze and describe the three targeted features of this research: move structure, lexico-grammatical features and the communicative purposes. The results indicated that most of the Algerian Medical Research Articles adopted a Move one to Move two to Move one then Move three structure. Concerning the lexico- grammatical features, the present simple tense was the dominant tense. In terms of voicing, the active voice dominated the Algerian Medical Research Articles. The results of this study can be used by teachers of writing and students of medicine in order to teach/ learn academic writing