Second language writer's text : linguistic and rhetorical features /

This analysis of second language writers' text identifies where their text differs from that of native speakers of English. The book is based on the results of a large-scale study of university-level native-speaker and non-native-speaker essays written in response to six prompts.

Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Hinkel, Eli
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Reeks:ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=66756
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Foreword / Robert B. Kaplan
  • Background: Research in Text and Written Discourse
  • Writing as Text
  • Theoretical Underpinnings and Research Trends
  • Contrastive Rhetoric
  • Text Linguistics
  • Corpus Analyses
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Research in Academic and ESL Written Discourse and Text
  • Features of Student Essay Writing
  • Written Discourse and Text in Different Rhetorical Traditions
  • Written Discourse and Text in Non-Anglo-American Rhetoric
  • Learning the Norms of L2 Academic Discourse
  • The Goals and Politics of Teaching ESL Writing
  • The Importance of L2 Learners in the Academy
  • English Composition for Native Speakers
  • L2 Writing Instruction for Non-Native Speakers
  • Process-Centered Teaching Center Stage
  • Content-Based Instruction for Writing in the Disciplines
  • The Outcomes
  • The Crux of the Issue
  • Curricula in L2 College-Level Writing/Composition Courses
  • The Study of Features of Second Language Text: Essays, the Data, and Methods of Analysis
  • The Present Study
  • First and Second Language Essays and the Data
  • Methods of Data Analysis
  • Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features of Academic ESL Text
  • Nouns, Pronouns, and Nominals and Their Functions and Uses in Text
  • Semantic and Lexical Classes of Nouns
  • Personal Pronouns (and Contractions)
  • Nominals
  • The Verb Phrase and Deverbals and Their Functions and Uses in Text
  • Tenses
  • Aspects
  • Semantic and Lexical Classes of Verbs
  • Modal Verbs
  • The Passive Voice (+By-Phrase)
  • Be-Copula as the Main Verb
  • Infinitives.