Attitudinal Evaluation in Chinese University Students’ English Writing: A Contrastive Perspective (1st ed. 2018) (Corpora and Intercultural Studies #4)
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- Synopsis
- This book offers up-to-date insights into the long-standing controversy of whether or not Chinese learners of English adequately express their attitudes in written English. It compares four writing datasets from three groups of student writers (e.g., English-speaking students’ English texts, Chinese-speaking students’ Chinese texts, and both English and Chinese texts produced by the same group of Chinese-speaking students majoring in English), and applies the appraisal framework, an analytical tool developed in the field of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The book provides a nuanced view of the deployment of attitudinal patterns and the linguistic resources used for attitudinal evaluation in Chinese students’ English writing. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all those interested in second language writing, contrastive rhetoric, second language acquisition and systemic functional linguistics.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9789811064159
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789811064142
- Publisher:
- Springer Singapore, Singapore
- Date of Addition:
- 12/29/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer Singapore, Singapore
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English, Chinese
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.