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Examining the Application of Grammatical Metaphors in Academic Writing
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Zeitschriftentitel: | English Language and Literature Studies |
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In: | English Language and Literature Studies, 8, 2018, 2, S. 108 |
Format: | E-Article |
Sprache: | Unbestimmt |
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
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Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p>English academic writing is a challenging task for Chinese EFL learners. For graduate students, they need systematic and explicit guidance to improve their academic writing competence. Grammatical metaphors are important resources for constructing academic discourse, and nominalization in ideational metaphors is regarded as the most powerful tool for achieving formality, objectivity, lexical density and text cohesion typical of academic papers. This article focuses on the role of grammatical metaphors in the production of quality academic written texts. It analyzes the function of grammatical metaphors in academic register and the application of these grammatical metaphors in creating academic meanings. The paper also provides some pedagogical implications for academic writing instruction for advanced EFL learners.</jats:p> |
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Umfang: | 108 |
ISSN: |
1925-4776
1925-4768 |
DOI: | 10.5539/ells.v8n2p108 |