Article "Generality in student and expert epistemic stance: A corpus analysis of first-year, upper-level, and published academic wrting"

Ayu Rina Dwi Utari
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"Generality in student and expert epistemic stance: A corpus analysis of first-year, upper-level, and published academic wrting"

The study examined the use of certain indefinite pronouns and extreme amplifiers that help indicate generality as a part of stance in three corpora: New college writing advances student writing, and published academic writing. The findings suggest that in non-dicipline specific essay writing. New college student's frequent use of generalization markers contrast the more circumspect stance features in advanced student and published disciplined-specific writing, posing questions for writing instruction as well as essay-based writing assessment.