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Peer reviewedThompson, Geoff – Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates how language events are reported in English. The article outlines four dimensions of choice for the reporter in any language: (1) the voice presented as the report's source; (2) the way in which the message is reported; (3) the reporting signal; and (4) the reporter's attitude. Some possible applications of the framework are outlined.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, English, Opinion Papers
Peer reviewedMarco, Maria Jose Luzon – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Explores the function of items of procedural vocabulary as signals of conceptual relations in scientific discourse. Procedural vocabulary consists of lexical items that do not belong to any particular schema. Develops a taxonomy of procedural items in terms of the contextual relations they create between content-bearing words, classifying the…
Descriptors: Classification, Discourse Analysis, Lexicology, Sciences
Peer reviewedTaylor, Gordon; Tingguang, Chen – Applied Linguistics, 1991
Focuses on the likely sources of variability in discourse structure by comparing the introductions to papers written in a variety of related disciplines by three groups of physical scientists: Anglo-Americans writing in English, Chinese people writing in English, and Chinese people writing in Chinese. (39 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis
