Sökning: "stance markers"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden stance markers.

  1. 1. The introductory it pattern in academic writing by non-native-speaker students, native-speaker students and published writers : A corpus-based study

    Författare :Tove Larsson; Merja Kytö; Erik Smitterberg; Randi Reppen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The introductory it pattern; stance markers; non-native-speaker students; native-speaker students; published expert writing; learner language; corpus linguistics; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : The present compilation thesis investigates the use of a pattern that is commonly found in academic writing, namely the introductory it pattern (e.g. it is interesting to note the difference). The main aim is to shed further light on the formal and functional characteristics of the pattern in academic writing. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "Another thing" : Discourse-organising nouns in advanced learner English

    Författare :Marie Tåqvist; Solveig Granath; Hilde Hasselgård; Susan Hunston; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; discourse-organising nouns; lexical cohesion; register; academic writing; L2 learners; systemic-functional linguistics; learner corpus research; Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis; ICLE; LOCNESS; ICE; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the use of discourse-organising nouns (DONs), such as fact, issue, and problem, in Swedish advanced students’ academic writing in second language (L2) English, and in what ways texts produced by the L2 students resemble or differ from those produced by advanced native-speaker (L1) students and from expert writing in this respect. The study uses corpus linguistic methodology and is set within the frameworks of Halliday’s systemic-functional linguistics and Granger’s Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Next to nothing: A study of nanoscientists and their cosmology at a Swedish research laboratory

    Författare :Mikael Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology of science and technology; cosmology; nanoscience; nanotechnology; individualism; technoscape; skills;

    Sammanfattning : This study is based on anthropological fieldwork conducted among nanoscientists at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanonscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. The aim of the dissertation is to explore cosmological notions among this group of researchers through their conceptualization of nature and self. LÄS MER