Interactive discourse structuring in L2 guest lectures: Some insights from a comparative corpus-based study

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-54

  Camiciottoli, Belinda Crawford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic lectures; Corpus methodology; Discourse analysis; Discourse structuring; Guest lectures; Intercultural communication; L2 listening comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044222628     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1585(03)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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