Challenging stereotypes about academic writing: Complexity, elaboration, explicitness

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-20

  Biber, Douglas ^a   Gray, Bethany ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic writing; complexity; conversation; elaboration; explicitness; noun phrase; research articles; textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649238273     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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