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Bc. Peter Docherty

Master's thesis

A Longitudinal Study in the Use of Direct Quotation in Literary Analysis by L2 Bachelor Students

A Longitudinal Study in the Use of Direct Quotation in Literary Analysis by L2 Bachelor Students
Abstract:
The thesis is a quantitative longitudinal comparative analysis of direct quotation use in L2 Bachelor writing in EAP (literary studies). The aim of the study is to examine how the students' use of direct quotation changed over the period of their Bachelor studies. The analysis is of two corpora of texts written approximately 3 years apart. The first corpus contains 32 essays written by the Bachelor …more
Abstract:
The thesis is a quantitative longitudinal comparative analysis of direct quotation use in L2 Bachelor writing in EAP (literary studies). The aim of the study is to examine how the students' use of direct quotation changed over the period of their Bachelor studies. The analysis is of two corpora of texts written approximately 3 years apart. The first corpus contains 32 essays written by the Bachelor …more
 

Keywords

Direct quotation learner corpora L2 academic writing rhetorical function
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 12. 8. 2020
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/ckjj1/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 9. 9. 2020
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.
  • Reader: doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc.

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Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature

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