A corpus-based investigation of the phraseology in various genres of written English with applications to the teaching of English for academic purposes

This thesis describes an investigation into the various kinds of fixed expressions or prefabricated language which occur in certain genres of written academic English. A basic premise is that language users, when they write, remember phrases as much as, or more than, they compose them. Although the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKenny, John Anthony
Other Authors: Wales, K. ; Gupta, A. F.
Published: University of Leeds 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438592