A syntactic perspective on rhetorical purpose: The example of if-conditionals in medical editorials

A syntactic perspective on rhetorical purpose: The example of if-conditionals in medical editorials

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the functioning of if-conditionals in medical editorials (MEDs). As previous genre-based studies of medical discourse genres have shown, MEDs need to address at least three different types of readers and are thus a research-oriented, socio-political and pr...

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Main Authors: Shirley Carter-Thomas, Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos 2014-10-01
Series:Ibérica
Subjects:
if-conditionals
medical editorials
rhetorical purpose
syntactic variants
genre
Online Access:http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_28_Carter.pdf

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http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_28_Carter.pdf

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