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Traditionally, there has been a disconnect between theoretical linguistics and pedagogical teacher training. This book seeks to bridge that gap. Using engaging examples from a wide variety of languages, it provides an innovative overview of linguistic theory and language acquisition research for readers with a background in education and teacher training, and without specialist knowledge of the field. The authors draw on a range of research to ground ideas about grammar pedagogy, presenting the notion of Virtual Grammar as an accessible label for unifying the complexity of linguistics. Organised thematically, the book includes helpful 'Case in point' examples throughout the text, to illustrate specific grammar points, and step-by-step training in linguistic methods, such as how to analyse examples, which educators can apply to their own teaching contexts. Through enriching language teachers' understanding of linguistic features, the book fosters a different perspective on grammar for educators.

The field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) developed to address the needs of students whose mother tongue is not English. However, the linguistic competence required to achieve academic success at any university where English is the medium of instruction is a challenge for all students. While there are linguistic features common to academic literacy as a general genre, closer investigation reveals significant differences from one academic field to another. This volume asks what good writing is within specific disciplines, focussing on student work. Each chapter provides key insights by EAP professionals, based on their research in which they bring together analysis of student writing and interviews with subject specialists and markers who determine what 'good writing' is in their discipline. The volume includes chapters on established disciplines which have had less attention in the EAP and academic writing literature to date, including music, formal linguistics, and dentistry, as well as new and growing fields of study such as new media.

作为汉语文学最早的诗歌总集,《诗经》中蕴含的语言艺术直接体现了诗歌韵律的本质要求:重复1。无论是叠字、叠句还是重章叠唱,都在不同的韵律单位实现着重复,形成鲜明的诗体美感。其中,《诗经》四言句内部的重复与韵律层级中的音节和音步直接关联,是研究《诗经》韵律的重要切入点。

This study explores hedging and boosting as impression management strategies in the discourse of Chinese and U.S. corporations. The analysis has been conducted on the CEO's letter to shareholders of 100 Chinese and 100 U.S. corporations to reveal pronounced variations in the frequencies and pattern of use in the two resources. First, substantially more hedges and boosters are used in the U.S. discourse in comparison to the Chinese, thus, demonstrating a greater effort invested in persuasion in the U.S. texts. Second, the U.S. texts use significantly more boosters than hedges, whereas the Chinese texts show a roughly balanced use of the two resources. Lastly, the two sets of texts have authorial stances that project distinctly different impressions. While the U.S. discourse conveys conviction and certainty, the Chinese discourse imparts more caution and tentativeness. These findings are attributed to a number of dissimilarities in the belief systems of the Western and Chinese cultural models. The results point to possible implications on the effectiveness of the CEO's letters in cross-cultural business contexts. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.