Tarlan Pirmoradi - English Department, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran,
Hossein Saadabadimotlagh - Department of English, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
Seyed Foad Ebrahimi - Department of English, Shadegan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shadegan, Iran

This study aimed to examine the realization of the semantic and syntactic functions and types of verbs in the introduction section of research articles (RAs) from English literary studies. The functions and types of verbs were investigated in a corpus of ۲۰ published research articles in literary studies written by experts with English as L۱. This qualitative study was built on a corpus purposively selected and analyzed from each article to specify functions of verbs by various patterns of the semantic and syntactic structures and determine the types and frequencies of verbs in the introduction sections of the RAs. The analysis of semantic and syntactic functions of verbs indicated the semantic and syntactic features and type of verbs, revealing how verbs were used in the introduction section of RAs in literary studies. Data analysis also highlighted different functions and types of verbs (syntactically and semantically) purposefully used in these studies. Students can benefit from the results of the present study to enhance their linguistic and writing skills in writing for academic purposes (EAP) and promote various strategies used in the production, comprehension, and reproduction of discourses in ELT.

Introduction sections of research articles, semantic function, semantic type, syntactic type, syntactic function, verbs