Purpose statements in experimental doctoral dissertations submitted to U.S. universities: An inquiry into doctoral students' communicative resources in language education

While it is widely known that purpose statements are generally incorporated in dissertations and academic journal papers, graduate student writers often encounter difficulties in the writing of such crucial statements. This paper looks into the extent to which doctoral candidates use inter-move shif...

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Published in:Journal of English for Academic Purposes
Main Author: 2-s2.0-84935474006
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2015
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84935474006&doi=10.1016%2fj.jeap.2015.06.002&partnerID=40&md5=a666d3f78700b69b2d6aac75ebe4ee4b