The stance of stance: A critical look at ways stance is expressed and modeled in academic discourse

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-374

  Silver, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Argumentation; Evaluation; Hedge; Metadiscourse; Stance adverbial

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044455547     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1585(03)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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