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Lexical Bundles in L1 and L2 English Academic Writing: Convergent and Divergent Usage

open access: yesSAGE Open
As a key component of fluent linguistic production, multi-word sequences called lexical bundles are considered an important distinguishing feature of discourse in different registers, genres, and disciplines.
Yan Li, Hong Lei
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Can IELTS writing scores predict university performance? Comparing the use of lexical bundles in IELTS writing tests and first-year academic writing

open access: yesStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2013
The Cambridge-based International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test is commonly used as one of the criteria in granting students admission to South African universities.
Cooper, Trish
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A Corpus Based Study Language Fixity in Journalistic Discourse: A Corpus-Based Study of Pakistani Editorials and Blogs

open access: yesCorporum, 2019
Lexical bundles are the fixed patterns of language that appear in texts more than expected which according to Biber and Conrad(1999) are “word forms that often co-occur in longer sequences” (p. 989). The length of these structures varies but the
Muhammad Yousaf   +3 more
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Lexical Bundles in Academic Texts by Non-native Speakers [PDF]

open access: yesBrno Studies in English, 2012
Recent research (e.g. Biber et al. 1999, Wray 2000, Biber 2006, 2007, Cortes 2002, 2004, Hyland 2008, Simpson-Vlach and Ellis 2010) has evidenced the importance of lexical bundles – recurrent sequences of words – as a major component in coherent linguistic production and an essential aspect of the shared knowledge of a professional discourse community.
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Analyzing Lexical Bundles in Legal Discourse: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Court Judgments

open access: yesCorporum
Lexical bundles are multi-word frequently or repeatedly used in legal writing. These are the units or building blocks of the language in formal text intended to communicate ideas effectively and efficiently.
Afifa, Ghulam Fatima, Sajjad Rasool
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The Use of Lexical Bundles in Native and Non-native Post-graduate Writing: The Case of Applied Linguistics MA Theses [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2013
Connor et al. (2008) mention “specifying textual requirements of genres” (p.12) as one of the reasons which have motivated researchers in the analysis of writing.
Zahra Amirian   +2 more
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Long Lexical Bundles and Standardisation in Historical Legal Texts [PDF]

open access: yesstap, 2012
Abstract Standardisation on the level of text is visible in the employment of stable and fixed expressions for a specific textual purpose. When gauging the extent of standardisation in texts, one of the parameters which should be taken into consideration is the length of such stable patterns.
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