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Direct linkGray, Bethany; Cortes, Viviana – English for Specific Purposes, 2011
This study investigates the use of "this" and "these" as pronouns versus determiners in a corpus of research articles in Applied Linguistics and Materials and Civil Engineering. The study reveals that authors in the two disciplines use both structures in a similar manner, with pronominal uses constituting one-fifth of all occurrences. Five types…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Applied Linguistics, Research Reports, Civil Engineering
Aktas, Rahime Nur; Cortes, Viviana – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2008
This paper analyzes the use of a special type of unspecific noun, called "shell nouns" [Hunston, S., & Francis, G. (1999). "Pattern grammar". Amsterdam: Benjamins; Schmid, H. (2000). "English abstract nouns as conceptual shells: From corpus to cognition". Berlin: Walter de Gruyter], which are frequently used as cohesive devices, in the written…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Nouns, English for Academic Purposes
