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Staples, Shelley; Egbert, Jesse; Biber, Douglas; Gray, Bethany – Written Communication, 2016
Using the British Academic Written English corpus, this study focuses on the use of grammatical complexity features in university level texts written by first language (L1) English writers to demonstrate knowledge and perform other specialized tasks required of advanced academic writers. While the primary focus of the analysis is on writing…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition), Higher Education, Phrase Structure