The effects of essay topics on modal verb uses in L1 and L2 academic writing

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 667-683

  Hinkel, Eli ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Modal verbs; Nonnative speakers of English; Second language writing; Topic effect; Writing assessment; Written corpus

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449090101     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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