Author stance in doctoral dissertations of native and non-native speakers of English: A corpus-based study on epistemic adverbs

Academic writing is not just about conveying an ideational ‘content’, it is also about the representation of the self (Hyland, 2002, p. 1092). It allows writers ‘to gain credibility by projecting an identity invested with the individual authority, displaying confidence in their evaluations and comm...

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Main Author: Reyhan Ağçam
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2019-03-01
Series:Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
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Online Access:https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/395