A Comparative Study of Shell Nouns in English Academic Writing by Chinese and Swedish Authors

This thesis aims to examine factors that influence the use of shell nouns in the writing production by Chinese and Swedish authors. Based on previous studies of shell nouns, this research establishes a theoretical model and a hypothesis is put forward: Though writing in the same genre, Chinese and S...

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Main Author: Gao, Yishan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013) 2018
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-70182