Research article introductions in Chinese and English: A comparative genre-based study

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-279

  Loi, Chek Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Move; Move sequence; Research article introduction; Rhetorical organisation; Step

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349301587     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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