J. Elliott Casal
List of John Benjamins publications for which J. Elliott Casal plays a role.
Articles
2024 ‘These results are inconsistent’: ‘This/these + shell noun’ patterns in Engineering theses and research articles Journal of Second Language Studies: Online-First Articles | Article
Shell nouns (SNs; e.g., fact and problem) are an open group of abstract nouns defined functionally through use as emergent ‘shells’ referencing and labeling ideas in surrounding discourse. This paper analyzes the ‘this/these + [SN]’ pattern in second language (L2) English Master’s theses and… read more
2020 P-frames and rhetorical moves in applied linguistics conference abstracts Advances in Corpus-based Research on Academic Writing: Effects of discipline, register, and writer expertise, Römer-Barron, Ute, Viviana Cortes and Eric Friginal (eds.), pp. 281–306 | Chapter
This chapter examines the use of formulaic phrase frames (p-frames) in the rhetorical construction of Applied Linguistics Conference Abstracts (CAs). We consider both the distribution of p-frames across rhetorical moves/steps and the strength of the association of p-frames with individual… read more