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A rhetorical function and phraseological analysis of commentaries on visuals 视觉评论的修辞功能与语词分析

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.09.001

Jincheng Wu , Cecilia Guanfang Zhao , Xiaofei Lu , Tan Jin

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Tracking the first-year experience in English medium instruction: A pre-post study of transitional challenges 追踪英语教学一年级的经历：过渡挑战的前后研究

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.09.002

Ikuya Aizawa

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Citation content in literature review sections of research articles: A cross-paradigm comparison of design science and interpretivist research in information systems 研究文章文献综述部分的引文内容：信息系统中设计科学与解释主义研究的跨范式比较

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-09-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.08.001

Thomas Hon Tung Chan , Becky Siu Chu Kwan

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Tracing the development of English for Specific Purposes over four decades (1980–2019): A bibliometric analysis 追踪四十年来(1980-2019)专用英语的发展:文献计量学分析

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.04.004

Ruiying Yang , Liang Xu , John M. Swales

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Practitioner commentary of “just wanna give you guys a bit of an update”: Insider perspectives on business presentations in Hong Kong “只是想给你们一点最新消息”的实践者评论:香港商业演讲的内部观点

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.03.001

Lisa Leopold

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A practitioner’s commentary on Stephen Evans’ “Just wanna give you guys a bit of an update”: Insider perspectives on business presentations in Hong Kong (2013) 一位实践者对Stephen Evans的“只是想给你们一点更新”的评论:内部人士对香港商业演讲的看法(2013)

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.03.001

Lisa K. Leopold

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A practitioner’s commentary on Z. Zhang (2013) Business English students learning to write for international business: What do international business practitioners have to say about their texts? 一名实践者对Z. Zhang(2013)的评论。商务英语学生学习国际商务写作:国际商务实践者对他们的文本有什么看法?

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.05.004

Peter Davidson

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Commentary on Chan's (2019) investigation of the communication needs of Hong Kong business professionals: Significance for the field of ESP and further implications for research and practice 评论陈(2019)对香港商业专业人士沟通需求的调查:对ESP领域的意义及其对研究和实践的进一步影响

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.02.011

Brigitte Planken

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A researcher's commentary on Stephen Evans' “Just wanna give you guys a bit of an update": Insider perspectives on business presentations in Hong Kong (2013) 一位研究人员对Stephen Evans“只想给你们一点最新消息”的评论：香港商业演讲的内部人士观点（2013）

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.03.003

Álvaro Subero-Sáenz

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Intertextuality in business emails: An ESP Practitioner’s commentary on Warren’s research on intertextuality 商务电子邮件中的互文性：ESP从业者对沃伦互文性研究的评论

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English for Specific Purposes Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2023.04.001

Aiden Yeh

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