Purpose statements in experimental doctoral dissertations submitted to U.S. universities: An inquiry into doctoral students' communicative resources in language education
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- 作者：Jason Miin-Hwa Lima ; drjasonlim@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; jasonlim@ums.edu.my" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Chek-Kim Loia ; lck734@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Azirah Hashimb ; azirahh@um.edu.my" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; May Siaw-Mei Liuc ; mayliu215@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae
- 关键词：Genre analysis ; Dissertation writing ; Purpose statements ; Communicative functions
- 刊名：Journal of English for Academic Purposes
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：20
- 期：Complete
- 页码：69-89
- 全文大小：5883 K
文摘
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Doctoral students use inter-move shifts to lay the ground for purpose statements.
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Purpose statements may be laid at the onset to capture readers' attention.
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Writers foreground real-life problems aside from centrality and gap indications.
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Writers display differential propensities in tense-aspect usage.
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Certain nouns, verbs and subordinators merit attention in writing instruction.