Publications
Publication details [#40558]
Hyland, ken and Polly Tse. 2004. "I would like to thank my supervisor". Acknowledgements in graduate dissertations. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 14 (2) : 244–259. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study investigates the generic structure and linguistic patterns of the acknowledgement genre, by analyzing the acknowledgements in 240 Masters and PhD dissertations in six academic disciplines written by students at five Hong Kong universities.