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1、Unit6TextualDevelopmentTopicalHighlights:1.Description:objectivedescription,subjectivedescription,generalrequirementsforresearchdescription.2.LogicalDevelopment:developingbychronologicalsequence,developingbyinvestigationprocedures,developingtheresearch"fromAbstracttoConc
2、rete",developingtheresearch"fromConcretetoAbstract",developingbyusingotherlogicalsequencing3.Reasoning(Persuasion)4.SpecialAttention:sentencestructure(2)--shortformsentencesledby"as";present,pastandpresentperfecttenses,passivevoice,subjunctivemood,etc.Noprofessionalpaper
3、ispurelytheoreticalorexperimental.Infact,thereisnocleardemarcation(distinction)betweenthetwotypesofresearchpapers.However,theredoexistdifferentemphasesanddistinctivefeaturesinpapersoftheoreticalnatureandtheseofexperimentalnature.Inthisunitandtheunitthatfollows,thetwodiff
4、erenttypesofpaperswillbediscussedseparately.THEMEPRESENTATION1.Description1)ObjectiveDescriptionInmostcases,whenaprofessionalauthorwriteshisresearchpapers,hehastotakeanobjectiveapproachinsteadofasubjectiveone,becauseinhisprofessionalresearch,hehastofocusontheobjectheispo
5、rtrayingratherthanonhispersonalreactionstoit.Alltherelatedsituationsrequireaprecisedescriptionoftheconditionsorprocesseshisresearchinvolves.Andinsuchcaseshisgoalistosupplyinformation--tobuildupasaccurateapictureashecanforhisreaders.Ofcourse,objectivityisanidealthatscient
6、ists,engineersortechnologistsaimatbutneverachievefully.Anyhow,theyhavetoselectdesirabledetailsandeliminateothers,thoughtheycanhardlybecompletelyobjective.Inthefollowingpassage,N.M.Pearsalletal.havegivenanobjectivedescriptionofUKandUScitycentersintermsofthefactorsofmostin
7、fluenceonthepotentialgenerationofelectricitybyphotovoltaicmodulesinstalledonbuildingroofsorwalls.Thepassagereads(Page76)Fromtheaboveexcerpt,itcanbeseenthattheauthorsdescribethetwositesobjectivelybycomparingthemfromtheirgeneralclimatic,geographical,andlocationalfeaturesto
8、theheightofbuildingsandtheirwallandroofstylesandthesun'sdirectionsatanygiventime.Theauthorsalsogiveanan
