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ERIC Number: EJ650606
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-4906
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"It Is Interesting to Note That . . .": A Comparative Study of Anticipatory "It" in Student and Published Writing.
Hewings, Martin; Hewings, Ann
English for Specific Purposes, v21 n4 p367-83 2002
Explores one grammatical feature of metadiscourse--clauses with an anticipatory "it" and extraposed subject. This feature is compared in two computerized corpora, one consisting of published journal articles from the field business studies and the second of MBA student dissertations written by nonnative speakers of English. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar, Masters Theses, Phrase Structure, Scholarly Journals, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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