Reporting Verb Usage in Academic Discourse: A Study of the English, Mathematics and the Agricultural Disciplines
| dc.contributor.author | Owusu, Collins Junior | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-11T14:19:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-11T14:19:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-01 | |
| dc.description | Thesis submitted to the Department of English of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy Degree in English | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT This research work analyzes the categories of reporting verbs employed in the literature review chapters of scholarly writings in master of philosophy theses in Agriculture, English and Mathematics departments in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The mixed method technique was employed for data collection. The sample was selected with the help of the simple random sampling method with a purpose. Forty-five (45) master of philosophy theses made up the study‟s entire sample. The first research question was analyzed using a quantitative approach to data analysis, and results were given as numbers and percentages. The second and third research questions underwent qualitative analysis. The organization of the data for analysis typically employed the descriptive, content, and inductive analysis. According to the study, the literature review chapters of master of philosophy theses in Agriculture, English and Mathematics employed the discourse, research and cognitive acts verbs. They employed them in varying degrees. In all, discourse acts verbs were the highest with respects to number of occurrences. This was followed by research act and cognitive act verbs respectively. The results indicate that in the English data, discourse acts were the highest followed by research and cognitive act verbs. As far as mathematics data is concerned, research acts were the highest followed by discourse and cognitive acts. In the agriculture thesis, discourse act was the highest followed by research act and cognitive act verbs. According to the analysis, the usage of reporting verbs in the literature review chapters of the theses in Agriculture, Mathematics and English serves a variety of purposes, including the statement of findings, countering of fact, statement of procedures, indication of writer‟s opinion about a proposition, and others. The study identified that point of view, institutional culture and aim of the writing all affect how reporting are employed when writing theses. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/17534 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | KNUST | |
| dc.title | Reporting Verb Usage in Academic Discourse: A Study of the English, Mathematics and the Agricultural Disciplines | |
| dc.type | Thesis |