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Zhong, Jihong – English Language Teaching, 2017
Abstract of a thesis is the brief and accurate representation of the thesis, with the important function of persuading readers to read on the thesis. So how the writer constructs the abstract and wins readers' recognition is our main focus. On the basis of Burke's Identification Theory, this paper analyzed 10 abstracts from "Nature" from…
Descriptors: Documentation, Theses, Rhetorical Criticism, Scientific and Technical Information
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Assadi, Nader; Ghassemi, Mojtaba; Madadi, Alireza – English Language Teaching, 2014
The purpose of this study is to explore any possible difference among the verb types chosen in articles written in English by the non-natives and natives. In so doing, Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar (1994) was employed. 80 published articles from the medical sciences field of study were chosen from among which 40 were written by native…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Comparative Analysis, Verbs, Writing Strategies