Popular and academic genres of science : a comparison, with suggestions for pedagogical applications.
This thesis reports on a comparison of four genres of scientific writing: the research article, university textbook, popular science article and science books for children. The comparison is based on a functional linguistic analysis of what are taken to be exemplary texts from these genres and focus...
Main Author: | Parkinson, Jean. |
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Other Authors: | Adendorff, Ralph Darryl. |
Language: | en |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5911 |
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