A Study on Reporting Evidential and Stance in English MA Theses

doi:10.11885/j.issn.1674-5094.2015.10.26.01

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Abstract:

A Corpus-based contrastive study was conducted on the features of frequency，language structure and stance of
reporting evidential in 90 MA theses by Chinese graduates and American graduates. The results show that 1) Chinese and
American graduates all master the function of reporting evidential in the academic discourse but the Chinese underuse it；2) the
Chinese MA graduates tend to express their stance implicitly with neutral and positive expressions，while the Americans tend
to express their stance explicitly with positive，negative and neutral expressions，showing their critical attitude；3) language
structures of reporting evidential in American MA theses show more variety than those in Chinese ones. The findings may have
some pedagogical implications for MA education and academic English writing as well as its teaching in China.

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Wang Shuwen. A Study on Reporting Evidential and Stance in English MA Theses[J]. 西南石油大学学报(社会科学版), 2016, 18(2): 100-106.

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