Taking an effective authorial stance in academic writing: Making the linguistic resources explicit for L2 writers in the social sciences

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 140-151

  Chang, Peichin ^a   Schleppegrell, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Authorial stance; Engagement system; Prosodic meanings; Rhetorical moves; Systemic functional linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052102360     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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