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| ====== Corpus-linguistic research papers ====== | ====== Corpus-linguistic research papers ====== |
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| Term papers in corpus linguistic seminars should follow the **IMRaD** structure, consisting of four sections: **I**ntroduction, **M**ethods, **R**esults, and **D**iscussion. This is a standard structure of scientific papers, we have adapted it specifically to corpus linguistic research papers below. | Term papers in corpus linguistic seminars should follow the so-called **IMRaD** structure, a standard form of empirical research papers consisting of four sections: **I**ntroduction, **M**ethods, **R**esults, and **D**iscussion. To learn more about this standard and its use in general, consult the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMRAD|Wikipedia article on IMRaD]]. Here, we have adapted it specifically to corpus linguistic research, specifying the questions you should answer in writing each section of your paper. A more detailed version of the questions you should answer in the core part of such a paper and the way you should keep track of them when conducting your research can be found [[studyguide:research-report|here]]. Note that it is also useful to use the structure for taking notes while /reading/ corpus linguistic research papers — you can download a document template for such notes as a [[http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~structeng/res/docs/IMRaD-reading.docx|docx file (Word)]] or an [[http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~structeng/res/docs/IMRaD-reading.odt|odt file (Libre Office)]] (if your browser does not allow the direct download of files, you need to right-click on these links and select “Save Link As” from the context menu. |
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| The **introduction** should simply be titled //Introduction//. It **must** answer the following questions: | The **introduction** should simply be titled //Introduction//. It **must** answer the following questions: |
