Abstract—This study aims to investigate the distributive
features of thematic progression patterns in research article
and analyze the reasons that cause such features based on
Halliday’s thematic structure theory and Huang Guowen’s
model of thematic progression patterns. Results showed that
concentrated progression mainly concentrated in Introduction
section, while derived progression appeared most frequently in
Methods section. This study found that the communicative
goals of four sections in IMRD structure and the features of
research article influenced the distribution of thematic
progression patterns.
Index Terms—IMRD structure, TP patterns, research
article.
Ding Yuezhe is with Northwestern Polytechnical University, China (e-mail:
yuezheding@hotmail.com).
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Cite:Ding Yuezhe "A Case Study on the Distribution of Thematic Progression Patterns in English Research Article," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 28-32, 2021.