Analysis of moves, rhetorical patterns and linguistic features in New Scientist articles

摘要

This paper investigated the moves, rhetorical patterns based on Swales' genre analysis, and common linguistic features in health and medical science reports in theNew Scientistjournal. Twenty-four articles, one from each weekly issue, were randomly selected from the articles with a length between 350 and 600 words published online inNew Scientistbetween July and December 2012. They were analyzed according to the content, categorized and coded with corresponding descriptions. The findings revealed seven obligatory and two optional moves. The key linguistic features common in the articles were modals and voice.