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Advances in Linguistics Research
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Writing the Background Move in Computer Science Introductions: A Genre-Based Analysis
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North China University of Technology, Beijing, China
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Keywords:
Background Move; Introduction; Genre Analysis; Computer Science
- Abstract: The significance of research article writing for academic staff and postgraduate students cannot be overstated. While an introduction, as the opening segment of a research article, demonstrates authors’ core academic literacy, inconsistencies persist across prior studies concerning its initial rhetorical move, labeled the background move in this study. This study constructs a small corpus consisting of 20 computer science research articles. Based on the frameworks for the background move in introductions proposed by Swales and Maswana, this paper analyzes the background move of these papers. The results show that Background segments within computer science introductions integrate prior scholarly findings and typically contain three distinct rhetorical steps. For each step, the author illustrates specific writing strategies. For university students who are new to research, this step-by-step structural framework and the associated writing strategies can help them successfully compose the background move in introductions.
- DOI: 10.35534/lin.0802018 (registering DOI)
- Cite: Zhang, N. (2026). Writing the Background Move in Computer Science Introductions: A Genre-Based Analysis. Advances in Linguistics Research, 8(2), 218-226.
