Perception vs. evidence: An analysis of this and these in academic prose

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-43

  Gray Bethany, B ^a   Cortes, Viviana ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Corpus linguistics; Demonstratives; Disciplinary writing; English for Academic Purposes; Prescriptivism versus descriptivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049441537     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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