EXPLORING IMPLICIT META-DISCOURSE IN LEGAL DISCOURSE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS

Research in meta-discourse, particularly explicit meta-discourse or meta-discourse markers has contributed much knowledge on the discourse features of specialised genres. However, there are very few studies on implicit meta-discourse. The current study explores implicit meta-discourse in legal disco...

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Main Authors: Mengyu He, Hajar Abdul Rahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 2017-09-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/8138