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Hyland, Ken (2008) As can be seen: lexical bundles and disciplinary variation. English for Specific Purposes, Vol.27 (No.1). pp. 4-21. doi:10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001 ISSN 0889-4906.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001
Abstract
An important component of fluent linguistic production is control of the multi-word expressions referred to as clusters, chunks or bundles. These are extended collocations which appear more frequently than expected by chance, helping to shape meanings in specific contexts and contributing to our sense of coherence in a text. Bundles have begun to attract considerable attention in corpus studies in EAP, although the extent to which they differ by discipline remains an open question. This paper explores the forms, structures and functions of 4-word bundles in a 3.5 million word corpus of research articles, doctoral dissertations and Master’s theses in four disciplines to learn something of disciplinary variations in their frequencies and preferred uses. The analysis shows that bundles are not only central to the creation of academic discourse, but that they offer an important means of differentiating written texts by discipline.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | English for Specific Purposes | ||||
Publisher: | Pergamon | ||||
ISSN: | 0889-4906 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.27 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 18 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 4-21 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
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