Thematicity in English academic research articles across disciplines in hard and soft sciences

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Thematicity in English academic research articles across disciplines in hard and soft sciences

Theme which is defined as the starting point of the message and the element which the clause is mainly about plays a major role in text organization (Halliday, 1994). This study explores the types and discourse functions of theme in the research articles and its four rhetorical sections (introducti...

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Main Author:	Ebrahimi, Seyed Foad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	English language - Topic and comment Academic writing - Study and teaching English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39665/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39665/1/FBMK%202014%2015.pdf

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