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Peer reviewedHunston, Susan; Francis, Gill – Applied Linguistics, 1998
Describes a project to code complementation patterns of all verbs in the Collins COBUILD English language corpus, using simple notation based on words and word classes rather than traditional functional categories. This is the first pedagogic grammar to integrate syntax and lexis using corpus data. Explores the possibility of using a pattern…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedSwales, John M.; Ahmad, Ummul K.; Change, Yu-Ying; Chavez, Daniel; Dressen, Dacia F.; Seymour, Ruth – Applied Linguistics, 1998
Analyzes the use of imperatives in five scholarly journal articles (main text and notes) in each of ten disciplines, and follow-up interviews with authors using imperatives within main text indicate specific patterns and purposes of usage and field-specific expectations and conventions. Discusses implications for instruction of non-native-speaking…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes, Intellectual Disciplines
