Cognitive genre structures in Methods sections of research articles: A corpus study

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-54

  Bruce, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive genre; English for academic purposes; Genre; Methods sections; Procedural knowledge; Text type

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049139922     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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