Move Analysis in Ph.D. Theses Abstracts: Comparing Native and Non-Native Corpora
Table 1: The rhetorical moves described by Bhatia (1993)
| Move Type | Explanation |
| Move 1: Introducing purposeMove 2: Describing methodology | Goals of the research conductedResearch design, procedures or methods used in the study. |
| Move 3: Summarising results | Important findings of the research. |
| Move 4: Presenting conclusions | Results, implications and application of the findings. |