Lexical bundles and disciplinary variation in university students’ writing: Mapping the territories

Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 165 - 193
Published: Apr 1, 2017
Abstract
This paper describes disciplinary variation in university students’ writing, as it is reflected in the use of recurrent four-word sequences. In contrast to previous studies, disciplinary categories are not assumed at the outset of the analysis, but rather emerge from an initial analysis of variation across all writers in the corpus. Variation is presented in the form of a visual map representing degrees of similarity and difference between...
Paper Details
Title
Lexical bundles and disciplinary variation in university students’ writing: Mapping the territories
Published Date
Apr 1, 2017
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
165 - 193
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