'Small bits of textual material': A discourse analysis of Swales' writing  

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Hyland, Ken

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 27 no. 2 (2008), page 143-160 .
Fulltext: 27_02_Hyland.pdf (181.89KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ESP/27 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Despite his considerable influence on the development of ESP and all our professional lives, almost nothing has been written about John Swales' distinctive prose style. Based on a 340,000 word corpus comprising 14 single-authored papers and most chapters from his three main books, this paper sets out to identify the main features of this style. Using frequency, keyword and concordance analyses, I compare the Swales' corpus with a broader applied linguistics corpus of 710,000 words and identify self mention, hedging and attitude, reader engagement and considerateness as characteristic of Swalesian rhetoric. I conclude with the view that this is a disciplinary voice informed by a keen assessment of his readers and representing an independent creativity shaped by an accountability to shared practices.

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