Tracing convergence and divergence in pairs of Spanish and English research article abstracts: The case of Ibérica

Tracing convergence and divergence in pairs of Spanish and English research article abstracts: The case of Ibérica

This paper investigates patterns of rhetorical convergence and divergence in pairs of RA abstracts (English-Spanish and Spanish-English) published in the journal Ibérica. To that end, a total of 84 pairs of author-translated RA abstracts were analyzed. Based on the results of a pilot study, the foll...

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Main Authors: Moisés Perales-Escudero, John M. Swales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos 2011-04-01
Series:Ibérica
Subjects:
contrastive rhetoric
metadiscourse
abstracts
translation
academic discourse
Online Access:http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_21_Perales.pdf

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http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_21_Perales.pdf

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