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Why we should ever bother about wh-questions: on NPI-licensing properties of wh-questions in Swedish [PDF]
, 2008 This paper is an attempt to solve the somewhat elusive polarity item licensing properties of wh-questions in Swedish. As has been observed by Klima (1964) for English, NPIs are gener¬ally not compatible with genuinely information seeking wh-questions ...
Brandtler, Johan
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Bundle-driven move analysis: Sentence initial lexical bundles in PhD abstracts
English for Specific Purposes, 2020 Rhetorical moves are discoursal units that perform communicative functions in a given genre. They have been manually identified in many previous studies taking a corpus-based approach, and these studies have provided important contributions to discourse ...
Liang-qi Li, M. Franken, Shaoqun Wu
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
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Query-Based Summarization using Rhetorical Structure Theory [PDF]
, 2005 Research on Question Answering is focused mainly on classifying the question type and finding the answer. Presenting the answer in a way that suits the user’s needs has received little attention. This paper shows how existing question answering systems—
Bosma, W.E.
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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“Legal or Illegal? Documented or Undocumented?” The Struggle over Brookhaven’s \u3cem\u3eNeighborhood Preservation Act\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2003 This critical essay applies the concept of “presence” as a theoretical lens for explaining the rhetorical efficacy of protest events surrounding a contemporary debate about immigrants’ rights in a suburban New York township.
Miller, Jackson B.
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Negation in Research Articles Conclusions: Rhetorical Functions and Move Analysis
Higher Education and PracticeExtensive studies have been conducted in various sections of research articles, including the abstract, introduction, discussion, and other segments. Remarkably, the conclusion, a component of this academic genre, has received relatively scant attention in genre analysis.
Guobing Liu, Yali Cui
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Genre analysis of the literature review section in hospitality and management research articles [PDF]
, 2013 Writing an effective literature review is not an easy task for novice writers of research articles, who are oftentimes unaware of the exact functions and purpose of this section; they are often unsuccessful in establishing the necessary connection ...
Arumugam, Nalini +2 more
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Journal of Learning Analytics, 2020 Writing analytics has emerged as a sub-field of learning analytics, with applications including the provision of formative feedback to students in developing their writing capacities.
Simon Knight +9 more
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The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children.
Alexandra C. Anton +2 more
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