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Publication details [#27960]

Gibson, Tim R. 1993. Towards a discourse theory of abstracts and abstracting. Two volumes. (Monographs in Systemic Linguistics 5). Dept. of English Studies. xv + 399/ii + 306 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic world | linguistic expression, teaching of | scientific language | summary

ISBN

0963 1925

Annotation

This study examines the correlation between certain linguistic features, -such as topical theme, lexical density and variation and grammatical intricacy-, and the perceived success of abstracts in scientific discourse.