Sentence Structure in Academic Prose and Its Implications for College Writing Teachers.

Broadhead, Glenn J.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1982-Oct

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Sentence Structure in Academic Prose and Its Implications for College Writing Teachers.

Broadhead, Glenn J.; And Others

Research in the Teaching of English, v16 n3 p225-40 Oct 1982

The sentence structure in 64 academic journals representing the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering was examined to determine (1) what structures are common to all academic writing, (2) the range of variation within academic writing, and (3) the extent to which sentence structure differs in the academic areas. (HOD)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Engineering, Humanities, Language Styles, Natural Sciences, Scholarly Journals, Scholarly Writing, Sentence Structure, Social Sciences, Syntax, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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