The use of lexical verbs in ESL engineering student writing: A corpus-based investigation.

• Main Authors: Radina, Mohamad Deli, Ting, Su Hie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47193/1/2023_radina_tsh_TIESPJ%2014-1%20June%202023-31-61.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47193/; https://www.airitilibrary.com/Article/Detail/20797761-N202311100005-00002

Learners' writing in specific fields has not been studied to determine whether engineering writing exhibits distinct academic or non-academic lexical features. This corpus-based study examined the use and distribution of lexical verbs in the academic writing of L2 engineering undergraduates. To...