A Comparative Study of Thematicity in the Argumentative Writing of University EFL Students and the Introduction Section of Research Articles
A Comparative Study of Thematicity in the Argumentative Writing of University EFL Students and the Introduction Section of Research Articles

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Alipour; Mahsa Rabiee

Volume 36, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 85-110

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.4043

Abstract
  The present study aimed to find out thematic organization and progression in the argumentative writing of Iranian learners of English, representing two levels of language proficiency, ...  Read More
Do We Need Discipline-Specific Academic Word Lists? Linguistics Academic Word List (LAWL)
Do We Need Discipline-Specific Academic Word Lists? Linguistics Academic Word List (LAWL)

raouf moini; Zahra Islamizadeh

Volume 35, Issue 3 , October 2016, , Pages 65-90

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3901

Abstract
  This corpus-based study aimed at exploring the most frequently-used academic words in linguistics and compare the wordlist with the distribution of high frequency words in Coxhead’s ...  Read More
ACADEMIC WRITING REVISITED: A PHRASEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS HIGH-STAKE GENRES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LEXICAL BUNDLES
ACADEMIC WRITING REVISITED: A PHRASEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS HIGH-STAKE GENRES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LEXICAL BUNDLES

Hassan Jalali; Gholam Reza Zarei

Volume 34, Issue 4 , March 2016, , Pages 87-114

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3615

Abstract
  Lexical bundles are frequent word combinations that commonly appear in different registers. They have been the subject of much research in the area of corpus linguistics during the ...  Read More
METADISCOURSE STRATEGIES IN RESEARCH ARTICLES: A STUDY OF THE DIFFERENCES ACROSS SUBSECTIONS
METADISCOURSE STRATEGIES IN RESEARCH ARTICLES: A STUDY OF THE DIFFERENCES ACROSS SUBSECTIONS

Reza Abdi

Volume 30, Issue 1 , April 2011, , Pages 1-16

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.391

Abstract
  The implicit rhetorical features of academic writing which has so far eluded a comprehensive systematic characterization have made teaching it a challenging task for a large group of ...  Read More