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ERIC Number: EJ585949
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
The Grammar of the In-Group Code.
Cutting, Joan E.
Applied Linguistics, v20 n2 p179-202 Jun 1999
Provides a developmental description of the language used by an academic discourse community. Casual conversations of six post-graduate students--all native speakers of English--were recorded in the Applied Linguistics common room at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Findings may help English-for-academic-purposes students to interact better socially with their colleagues.(VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Usage
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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