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Presentation of results (tables, figures, etc.)

10%

The tables and figures are legible and easily to grasp at the first glance. It is

evident that the author has spent some time finding the best visual means of

presentation. S/he has related or connected these to the main text, in which

they serve as evidences or examples.

The formatting of tables and figures is satisfactory yet not always easy to

grasp at the first glance. Some results may also have better been presented

in a diagram than a table or vice versa.

The student has not attempted to use tables and figures to support his/her

argument. Or the tables/figures are irrelevant to the main text, or they are

impossible to comprehend.

Presentation of results (text)

10%

The student explains how she/he arrived at the results represented and

indicates their significance to the topic or field of linguistics in which the

paper is written.

The student nicely points out the most important results which her/his

analyses have yielded and provides convincing explanations. The author’s

results are put into context by comparing them with those of previous studies.

The author largely points out the most striking results. At the same time,

however, s/he concentrates too much on discussing aspects that are not

entirely relevant to the research question at hand, or s/he neglects to include

findings from her data that do not confirm or even contradict her overall

finding.

The author mainly lists examples from her data. No comparison of her results

with those of previous studies is offered.

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