Rhetorical strategies in engineering research articles and research theses: Advanced academic literacy and relations of power

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-36

  Koutsantoni, Dimitra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced academic literacy; Disciplinary communities; English for academic purposes; Hedging; Personal attribution; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644470410     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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