Verb form indicates discourse segment type in biological research papers: Experimental evidence

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-366

  de Waard, Anita ^a   Pander Maat, Henk ^b  

^a ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Genre analysis; Research articles; Scientific discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866558985     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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