Vague language in argumentative essays written by advanced Lithuanian learners of English
This paper examines the use of vague language (VL) in argumentative essays written by advanced Lithuanian learners of English. The study focuses on two main categories of VL: general extenders (GEs), e.g. and so on, etc./etcetera, and or so, and vague quantifiers, e.g. some, many, a lot of, and a li...
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Language: | English |
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Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics)
2021-04-01
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Series: | Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat |
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Online Access: | http://arhiiv.rakenduslingvistika.ee/ajakirjad/index.php/aastaraamat/article/view/ERYa17.13 |