Essays about: "Elisabete Ferreira"

Found 2 essays containing the words Elisabete Ferreira.

1. 1. Anaphoric demonstratives in student academic writing : A cross-disciplinary study of (un)attended this and these

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Elisabete Ferreira; [2019]
   Keywords : cohesion; demonstratives; anaphoric reference; disciplinary variation; student writing;

   Abstract : Cohesive devices such as anaphoric reference play an important role in written discourse. This thesis investigates the extent to which the anaphoric demonstratives this and these are used as determiners (‘attended’) or pronouns (‘unattended’) by first-year undergraduate students from four different academic disciplines. READ MORE

3. 2. The expression of stance in English L1 and L2 student writing : A corpus-based study of adverbial stance marking

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Elisabete Ferreira; [2018]
   Keywords : academic writing; adverbials; L2 writing; stance; student writing;

   Abstract : The increasing interest in how stance is expressed specifically in academic writing in English has generated extensive research in the past decades. Focusing on the grammatical marking of stance, this comparative study investigates the use of stance adverbials by native (L1) and nonnative (L2) speakers of English in a corpus of student academic writing. READ MORE