Change and stability: Examining the macrostructures of doctoral theses in the visual and performing arts

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-344

  Paltridge, Brian ^a   Starfield, Sue ^b   Ravelli, Louise J ^b   Tuckwell, Kathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic discourse; Academic literacies; Academic writing; EAP; Thesis and dissertation writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866507070     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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