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An examination of the use of spoken interactional metadiscourse markers in EMI lectures from different disciplines 在不同学科的EMI讲座中使用口语互动元话语标记的研究

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.003

David Lasagabaster, Ada Bier

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A cross-disciplinary study of value arguments in doctoral theses submitted to universities in Hong Kong 香港大学博士论文价值论证的跨学科研究

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.02.002

Guangwei Hu, Emmanuel Mensah Bonsu

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Do-it-yourself corpora and discipline-specific writing: A focus on the benefits of corpus building and cleaning (in the age of large language models) diy语料库和特定学科的写作：关注语料库构建和清理的好处（在大型语言模型的时代）

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.04.002

Maya Sfeir

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The case of English for aviation maintenance: A multi-dimensional analysis of commercial aircraft manuals 航空维修英语案例：商用飞机手册的多维分析

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.04.004

Amber Wanwen Wang, Eric Friginal

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The value of interactional metadiscourse in university level writing: Differences between high and low performing undergraduate business students 互动元语篇在大学写作中的价值：高、低成绩商科学生的差异

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.03.002

Randy Appel , Ruth McKay

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Corrigendum to “The case of English for aviation maintenance: A multi-dimensional analysis of commercial aircraft manuals” [English for Specific Purposes 79 (2025) 87–100] “航空维修英语案例：商用飞机手册的多维分析”的勘误[专用英语79 (2025)87-100]

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.006

Amber Wanwen Wang, Eric Friginal

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Rhetorical distinctions: Comparing metadiscourse in essays by ChatGPT and students 修辞学上的区别：学生与ChatGPT作文中的元话语比较

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.03.001

Feng (Kevin) Jiang , Ken Hyland

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Bridging the gap: Exploring authorial voice in medical ethics blogs and research papers 弥合差距：探索医学伦理博客和研究论文中的作者声音

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.004

Selahattin Yılmaz , Nur Yiğitoğlu-Aptoula

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The case of English for aviation maintenance: A multi-dimensional analysis of commercial aircraft manuals 航空维修英语案例：商用飞机手册的多维分析

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.005

Amber Wanwen Wang, Eric Friginal

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‘Could you send us your latest catalogue?’: A local grammar of requesting in English business letters 您能把最新的产品目录寄给我们吗？英语商务信函中的本地请求语法

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2025.04.001

Lei Zhang , Fuzhi Tong

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