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Hanania, Edith A. S.; Akhtar, Karima – ESP Journal, 1985
Variability in the grammatical profile of finite verbs in English is examined in 20 Master of Science theses in biology, chemistry, and physics. The use of verbs with respect to voice, tense, aspect, and modality is examined in five rhetorical sections of the theses--introduction, review, methods, results, discussion. (SED)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing
Download full textSims, Diana Mae – 1978
The rise of American English as the medium for exhange of scientific and technical information worldwide is a linguistic phenomenon. For some time, applied linguists in Britain have provided texts to meet the demand for English for special purposes and English for science and technology. Their works use a British form of language and cover British…
Descriptors: English, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
