Writing the Humanities Research Article

Most guides to academic writing tell you what to do. This one shows you what researchers actually do. Writing the Humanities Research Article draws on a 2 million word corpus of published articles to reveal the patterns, conventions and rhetorical moves that characterise successful Humanities papers. The book describes different macrostructure patterns, not just the classic IMRDC format.

Each unit examines a specific aspect of the research article from the rhetorical structure of the Introduction to the use of hedges and boosters in different sections of the paper. The book combines quantitative corpus findings with detailed analysis of real examples.

Suitable for graduate students, early-career researchers, and anyone preparing a manuscript for publication.