THE RHETORICAL ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AND AMERICAN STUDENTS’ EXPOSITORY ESSAYS: A CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC STUDY
A widespread assumption in the contrastive rhetoric field is the linearity/circularity dichotomy which suggests that Chinese writing is characterized by indirection. This study examines to what extent Chinese university students’ writing differs from that of American students. A total of 200 exposit...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Murcia
2008-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of English Studies (IJES) |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/49191 |