Significance:

“Once you select a journal to which you wish to submit your manuscript, please FOLLOW THE JOURNAL’S INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS, which can usually be found in each volume of the journal… or easily accessed from the journal’s webpage” (Nair and Nair 13).

 

Using all capital letters like this is showing the sentences significance to the reader.  The sentence instantly stands out to the reader from the bold capitals and helps it show its importance.

 

“The value of the paper depends on what is contained in this (results) section, and it must be presented in an absolutely clear manner in just the right number of words, neither more nor less” (Nair 20).

Nair uses phrases like “absolutely clear” to show the significance of the area of the writing. He uses phrases like these to make sure this statement get through to the readers head how important it is.  

Practical:

 

“A good title will attract readers who might not otherwise read the paper and may help future researchers find important information” (Nair 14).

 

The creation of a title although pretty basic it can make or brake a paper. Nair explains what a proper title for a scientific writing should look like that belong to what Discourse practice your into.

 

Identities:

“The purpose of this sections (methods and materials) is to present in a simple and direct manner what has been done, how, and when, and how the data were analyzed and presented” (Nair 18).

Nair explains the different roles each author of a scientific writing piece must become. You need to become the writer, experimenter, as well as the analyst, to be able to figure out how to use these Discourses to get your idea across.

 

Relationships:

“In addition, other studies have suggested that scientists adjust the strength of their claims depending on the audience: Texts meant for scientific insiders hedge qualify claims, while texts for lay persons and other outsiders strip out such qualifiers, making claims seem more certain and less open to question” (Haas 44-45)

 

Haas describes that depending on who the scientists audience is that’s where there claims come from. They might use less scientific language when addressing a public audience.

 

Politics:

“Lack of such insight is evident when authors simply state-often repeat- the results, and make superficial statements such as “this work agrees with the work of author X (some unknown author’s work, published several years earlier)” as though the objective of research was to see if the results agreed with some other author’s (obscure) work published 20 or more years earlier” (Nair and Nair 21).  

 

When using examples of different authors, the author can’t name who the authors are or disrespect their work. This gives respect to the other authors and their work.

 

Connections:

 

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