Genre Constraints Across Languages: Causal Metatext in Spanish and English RAs.

Moreno, Ana I.

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ERIC Number: EJ547496

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Genre Constraints Across Languages: Causal Metatext in Spanish and English RAs.

Moreno, Ana I.

English for Specific Purposes, v16 n3 p161-79 1997

Sought evidence for or against the assumption that significant intercultural variation exists in the rhetorical preferences of national cultures through contrastive analysis of research articles in English (n=36) and Spanish (n=36) on business and economics written by native speakers of each language. (45 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Metalinguistics, Models, Native Speakers, Research Reports, Rhetorical Theory, Spanish, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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