Article: As can be seen: Lexical bundles and disciplinary variation

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TitleAs can be seen: Lexical bundles and disciplinary variation
AuthorsHyland, K1
Issue Date2008
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/esp
CitationEnglish For Specific Purposes, 2008, v. 27 n. 1, p. 4-21 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001
AbstractAn important component of fluent linguistic production is control of the multi-word expressions referred to as clusters, chunks or bundles. These are extended collocations which appear more frequently than expected by chance, helping to shape meanings in specific contexts and contributing to our sense of coherence in a text. Bundles have begun to attract considerable attention in corpus studies in EAP, although the extent to which they differ by discipline remains an open question. This paper explores the forms, structures and functions of 4-word bundles in a 3.5 million word corpus of research articles, doctoral dissertations and Master's theses in four disciplines to learn something of disciplinary variations in their frequencies and preferred uses. The analysis shows that bundles are not only central to the creation of academic discourse, but that they offer an important means of differentiating written texts by discipline. © 2007 The American University.
ISSN0889-4906
2011 Impact Factor: 1.282
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.038
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000253700700002
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dc.contributor.authorHyland, K
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:47:33Z
dc.date.available2010-12-23T08:47:33Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractAn important component of fluent linguistic production is control of the multi-word expressions referred to as clusters, chunks or bundles. These are extended collocations which appear more frequently than expected by chance, helping to shape meanings in specific contexts and contributing to our sense of coherence in a text. Bundles have begun to attract considerable attention in corpus studies in EAP, although the extent to which they differ by discipline remains an open question. This paper explores the forms, structures and functions of 4-word bundles in a 3.5 million word corpus of research articles, doctoral dissertations and Master's theses in four disciplines to learn something of disciplinary variations in their frequencies and preferred uses. The analysis shows that bundles are not only central to the creation of academic discourse, but that they offer an important means of differentiating written texts by discipline. © 2007 The American University.
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dc.identifier.citationEnglish For Specific Purposes, 2008, v. 27 n. 1, p. 4-21 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001
dc.identifier.citeulike5345933
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2007.06.001
dc.identifier.epage21
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000253700700002
dc.identifier.issn0889-4906
2011 Impact Factor: 1.282
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.038
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-38349159213
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130154
dc.identifier.volume27
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/esp
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofEnglish for Specific Purposes
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.titleAs can be seen: Lexical bundles and disciplinary variation
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. University of London, Institute of Education