Author : Danica Salazar
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269521
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Book Synopsis Lexical Bundles in Native and Non-native Scientific Writing by : Danica Salazar
Download or read book Lexical Bundles in Native and Non-native Scientific Writing written by Danica Salazar and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an investigation of lexical bundles in native and non-nativescientific writing in English, whose aim is to produce a frequency-derived, statistically- and qualitatively-refined list of the most pedagogically useful lexical bundles in scientific prose: one that can be sorted and filtered by frequency, key word, structure and function, and includes contextual information such as variations, authentic examples and usage notes. The first part of the volumediscusses the creation of this list based on a multimillion-word corpus of biomedical research writing and reveals the structure and functions of lexical bundles and their role in effective scientific communication. A comparative analysis of a non-native corpus highlights non-native scientists’ difficulties’ inemploying lexical bundles. The second part of the volume explores pedagogical applications and provides a series of teaching activities that illustrate how EAP teachers or materials designers can use the list of lexical bundles in their practice.