Thematic structures in conference papers by Persian EFL scholars
Thematic structure, positioning and organization of messages in the clauses are important features in a textual investigation of any discourse. In higher education, thematic structures play a crucial role in making any written discourse successful and progressive. This study investigates thematic st...
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| description | Thematic structure, positioning and organization of messages in the clauses are important features in a textual investigation of any discourse. In higher education, thematic structures play a crucial role in making any written discourse successful and progressive. This study investigates thematic structures in conference papers of Persian postgraduate students in the engineering fields via Hallidayan Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1994; Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004). In addition, meaningful differences in the thematic organizations of the two sections of the papers (Methodology and Results and Discussion) are revealed. |
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| spelling | upm-478462016-07-13T03:53:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47846/ Thematic structures in conference papers by Persian EFL scholars Naderi, Sahar Koohestanian, Farhang Thematic structure, positioning and organization of messages in the clauses are important features in a textual investigation of any discourse. In higher education, thematic structures play a crucial role in making any written discourse successful and progressive. This study investigates thematic structures in conference papers of Persian postgraduate students in the engineering fields via Hallidayan Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1994; Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004). In addition, meaningful differences in the thematic organizations of the two sections of the papers (Methodology and Results and Discussion) are revealed. Elsevier 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47846/1/47846.pdf Naderi, Sahar and Koohestanian, Farhang (2014) Thematic structures in conference papers by Persian EFL scholars. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 118. pp. 351-356. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281401578X 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.048 |
| spellingShingle | Naderi, Sahar Koohestanian, Farhang Thematic structures in conference papers by Persian EFL scholars |
| title | Thematic structures in conference papers by Persian EFL scholars |
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| title_short | Thematic structures in conference papers by Persian EFL scholars |
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