Text-Structuring Metadiscourse, Intonation and the Signalling of Organisation in Academic Lectures.

Thompson, Susan Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ662952

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Text-Structuring Metadiscourse, Intonation and the Signalling of Organisation in Academic Lectures.

Thompson, Susan Elizabeth

Journal of English for Academic Purposes, v2 n1 p5-20 2003

Focuses on the roles of text-structuring metadiscourse and intonation in signalling in larger-scale organization of academic talks. Compares the occurrence of metadiscoursal and intonational signals of organization in authentic undergraduate lectures and in talks in English for academic purposes listening materials. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Intonation, Lecture Method, Listening Skills, Oral Language, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Spoken Academic English.