How do writers establish research niches? A genre-based investigation into management researchers' rhetorical steps and linguistic mechanisms

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-245

  Lim, Jason Miin Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Establishing a niche; Genre analysis; Linguistic mechanisms; Management journal papers; Research introductions; Rhetorical steps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862733325     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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