The concept of the burden of a disease is an interesting one because it encompasses concepts beyond our traditional view of illness, i.e. pain and suffering. A disease, especially a chronic one like allergic rhinitis, has an impact on a sufferer through both the direct and indirect symptoms, complications (including health-related quality of life) and cost (direct, indirect and intangible costs...

in any discourse domain, certain chunks are particularly frequent and deserve attention by the novice to be initiated and by the expert to maintain a sense of community. to make a relevant contribution to the awareness about applied linguistics texts and discourse, this study attempted to develop lists of lexical chunks frequently used in the abstracts of applied linguistics journals. the abstr...

In any discourse domain, certain chunks are particularly frequent and deserve attention by the novice to be initiated and by the expert to maintain a sense of community. To make a relevant contribution to the awareness about applied linguistics texts and discourse, this study attempted to develop lists of lexical chunks frequently used in the abstracts of applied linguistics journals. The abstr...