Towards a discourse theory of abstracts and abstracting

Abstract 1 This Ph.D. thesis investigates the extent to which certain linguistic variables affect the perceived success of an abstract. In his opening chapter, the author situates the work as a contribution to discourse theory and formulates a set of seven basic research questions the study seeks to...

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Main Author: Gibson, Timothy Robin
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
English
Published: 1993
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13205/