Corpus-based Research on Topical Theme Choices in Chinese and Swedish English Learner Writings
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Corpus-based Research on Topical Theme Choices in Chinese and Swedish English Learner Writings
This study investigates topical Theme choices in Chinese and Swedish English learners’ English writing and aims to find out how topical Theme choices in Chinese English learners’ English writings are different from those in Swedish English learners’ English writings with native speakers as the research baseline. The corpus consists of comparable written data of Chinese English learners, Swedish...
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عنوان ژورنال: Theory and Practice in Language Studies
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1799-2591
DOI: 10.4304/tpls.3.12.2202-2208