A Comparative Study of Metadiscourse in English Research Article Abstracts in Hard Disciplines by L1 Chinese and L1 English Scholars

This study investigates how L1 Chinese scholars in hard science disciplines use metadiscourse in their English academic writing, by comparing the deployment of metadiscoursal resources written by L1 Chinese and L1 English scholars. Hyland’s (2005) interpersonal model of metadiscourse was adopted for...

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Main Authors: Jing Wei, Jing Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Isfahan 2018-07-01
Series:Applied Research on English Language
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Online Access:http://are.ui.ac.ir/article_23496_b4fa57712abfa6fc4b2cad69ae364cc1.pdf