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Publication details [#12814]
Aijmer, Karin. 2001. I think as a marker of discourse style in argumentative student writing. In Aijmer, Karin. A Wealth of English. Studies in Honour of Göran Kjellmer. (Gothenburg studies in English 81). Acta universitatis Gothoburgensis. pp. 247–257.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
A contrastive analysis of I THINK in native and non-native English student essays. While it is found that I THINK marks certainty and authority in both native and non-native speaker texts, differences in usage in both corpora are discussed.