A genre analysis of abstracts by non-native english speaking (NNES) scholars in Malaysian journals

• Main Author: Edward,, Ngui How Lai.
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education; PE English
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6916/1/A%20GENRE%20ANALYSIS%20OF%20ABSTRACTS%20BY%20NON-NATIVE%20ENGLISH%20SPEAKING%20%28NNES%29%20SCHOLARS%20IN%20MALAYSIAN%20JOURNALS%2024%20pgs.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6916/7/Edward%20Ngui%20How%20Lai%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6916/

The emerging abstract genre in scholarly publication has led to the growing concern towards abstracts written by novice writers, in particular non-native English speakers (NNES). This study investigates the rhetorical structures and language features of NNES writers...