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TY - CHAP
T1 - Epistemic modality in argumentative essays of second-language writers
AU - McEnery, Tony
AU - Kifle, Nazareth Amselom
PY - 2014/6/11
Y1 - 2014/6/11
N2 - In this chapter we will use learner corpora to examine how learners of English qualify the claims they make in argumentative essay writing. In doing so, we will be working within the tradition of contrastive rhetoric, but using the corpus methodology. Learner corpora are collections of language data gathered from non-native speakers/w riters of English. T hough the precise origin of the idea for the construction of learner corpora remains contentious, it is uncontroversial to say that during the 1990s an increasing num ber of learner corpora have been collected, such as the ICLE,1 LLC2 and HKUST corpora.3
AB - In this chapter we will use learner corpora to examine how learners of English qualify the claims they make in argumentative essay writing. In doing so, we will be working within the tradition of contrastive rhetoric, but using the corpus methodology. Learner corpora are collections of language data gathered from non-native speakers/w riters of English. T hough the precise origin of the idea for the construction of learner corpora remains contentious, it is uncontroversial to say that during the 1990s an increasing num ber of learner corpora have been collected, such as the ICLE,1 LLC2 and HKUST corpora.3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85131163463
SN - 9781315838069
SP - 182
EP - 195
BT - Academic Discourse
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -