Code,Relates to…,Description,Source
Traditional-simple,Macrostructure,"Reports on a single study, typically in the IMRD format.",Paltridge (2002)
Traditional-complex,Macrostructure,"Reports on more than a single study, in modified IMRD format. Introduction, literature review and methods chapters usually overview the studies combined, followed by chapters that focus on each individual study.",Paltridge (2002)
Topic-based,Macrostructure,"Typically organized into several chapters that cover the range of subtopics (not studies) relevant to the research topic, with an introductory and concluding chapter. ",Paltridge (2002)
Manuscript-style,Macrostructure,"Consists of published, in-press or accepted, or publishable manuscripts. May include an introduction and conclusion.",Paltridge (2002)
Hybrid Simple/ Manuscript,Macrostructure,Organized using IMRD format. Reports on a single study. Contains previously published content within chapters or as chapters. Content may be modified or included in its entirety.,Anderson et al. (2020)
Hybrid Topic/ Manuscript,Macrostructure,Organized using  topic-based macrostructure. Contains previously published content within chapters or as chapters. Content may be modified or included in its entirety.,Anderson et al. (2020)
Hybrid Complex/ Manuscript,Macrostructure,Organized using modified IMRD format. Reports on multiple studies. Contains previously published content within chapters or as chapters. Content may be modified or included in its entirety.,Emerged during analysis (Amell)
Linguistic & Textual form,Proposed Area of Unconventionality ,Unusual word choices; non-canonical grammar forms; mixing of linguistic codes; unconventional move structures,Tardy (2016)
Modality,Proposed Area of Unconventionality ,Integration of unconventional modalities; use of an uncommon modality for that genre,Tardy (2016)
Rhetorical aims and strategies,Proposed Area of Unconventionality ,Unconventional use of stance or engagement markers; use of rhetorical appeals uncommon to the genre,Tardy (2016)
Content,Proposed Area of Unconventionality ,"Incorporation of unusual or unexpected ideas. Note: This area is not coded, given the nature of the dissertation and the expectation that it will represent an original or novel contribution.",Tardy (2016)
Practice,Proposed Area of Unconventionality ,"Unique approaches to research methodology, design, or composing processes",Tardy (2016)
Separate(d),(Proposed) Degree of distance between atypical/ unconventional component(s) and conventional/ written component(s),"Atypical or unconventional component(s) is not really visible in the written or conventional component(s) or is positioned as separate from the institutional copy of the dissertation. Note: This may be inversed, where the written or conventional aspects are positioned as more or less separate from the institutional copy of the dissertation.",modified from Ravelli et al. (2013)
Connected,(Proposed) Degree of distance between atypical/ unconventional component(s) and conventional/ written component(s),"Atypical or unconventional component(s) is positioned as a crucial element of the institutional copy of the dissertation or is positioned as inextricable from the written or conventional component(s), or vice versa (the conventional components are positioned as inextricable from the unconventional components).",modified from Ravelli et al. (2013)
(Separate) Parallel,(Proposed) Type of relationship construed between atypical/ unconventional component(s) and conventional/ written component(s),"Atypical or unconventional component(s) and written or conventional component(s) are treated as parallel processes with little textual connections created between them. For instance, there's no explicit mention of the URL in the written component and asides from occasional mentions of ""this site,"" it's easy to think you're reading a print-based dissertation",modified from Ravelli et al. (2013)
(Separate) Influenced,(Proposed) Type of relationship construed between atypical/ unconventional component(s) and conventional/ written component(s),"The research undertaken through the written or conventional component(s) is positioned as contributing to the atypical or unconventional component(s) or vice versa, but emphasis here is on a unidirectional relationship. For instance, a policy brief is created in response to the research but is mentioned only briefly and found in the appendix, almost as an FYI.",modified from Ravelli et al. (2013)
(Connected) Incorporated,(Proposed) Type of relationship construed between atypical/ unconventional component(s) and conventional/ written component(s),"Atypical or unconventional component(s) and written or conventional component(s) remain separate but are seen to influence each other. For instance, collages created in response to research findings are included throughout the dissertation but seem to stand separate or ‘beside’ the written components. Or the institutional copy of the dissertation serves as a record of the atypical or unconventional component but is positioned as ""not"" the dissertation. In these cases, a reference is usually made to the component that ""is"" the dissertation, such as a website for a digital dissertation. ",modified from Ravelli et al. (2013)
(Connected) Intermingled,(Proposed) Type of relationship construed between atypical/ unconventional component(s) and conventional/ written component(s),"There is a sense of interdependence between the atypical or unconventional and written or conventional component(s) and a distinct understanding that they are a part of the same project. For instance, comics are used to enact the arguments that are being made for the value of different knowledge making processes, or when a combination of audio and writing serves to highlight the multivocal nature of the research process. ",modified from Ravelli et al. (2013)