Essays about: "Yishan Gao"

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  1. 1. A Comparative Study of Shell Nouns in English Academic Writing by Chinese and Swedish Authors

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Yishan Gao; [2018]
    Keywords : shell nouns; academic writing; genre; first language transfer;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine factors that influence the use of shell nouns in the writing production by Chinese and Swedish authors. Based on previous studies of shell nouns, this research establishes a theoretical model and a hypothesis is put forward: Though writing in the same genre, Chinese and Swedish authors have different ways of adopting shell nouns partially due to first language transfer. READ MORE