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Multi-dimensional analysis, 25 years on a tribute to Douglas Biber /
This research describes a case study from engineering education that explores the potential for integrating Multi-Dimensional (MD) analysis into mixed methods research so that MD analyses can address more specific educational problems. The study investigates a specific problem in civil engineering:...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Colección: | Studies in corpus linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This research describes a case study from engineering education that explores the potential for integrating Multi-Dimensional (MD) analysis into mixed methods research so that MD analyses can address more specific educational problems. The study investigates a specific problem in civil engineering: the mismatch between students' writing skills and the demands of writing in the workplace. An MD analysis compares a small number of registers of student and practitioner writing, applying the dimensions of variation in English from Biber (1988). Data from interviews with students, faculty, and prac. |
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| Notas: | 1. Introduction. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027270153 9027270155 9789027203687 9027203687 |