TY - BOOK AU - Hinkel,Eli TI - Second language writers' text: linguistic and rhetorical features SN - 0805838880 AV - PE1128.A2 H534 2002 U1 - 418.0071 HIN 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Mahwah, N.J. PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Rhetoric KW - Report writing KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Second language acquisition KW - College prose KW - Evaluation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-357) and indexes; R.B. Kaplan, Foreword. Preface. Part I: Background: Research in Text and Written Discourse. Writing as Text. Research in Academic and ESL Written Discourse and Text. Written Discourse and Text in Different Rhetorical Traditions. The Goals and Politics of Teaching ESL Writing. The Study of Features of Second Language Text: Essays, the Data, and Methods of Analysis. Part II: Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features of Academic ESL Text. Nouns, Pronouns, and Nominals and Their Functions and Uses in Text. The Verb Phrase and Deverbals and Their Functions and Uses in Text. Adjectives and Adverbs and Their Functions and Uses in Text. Subordinate Clauses and Their Functions and Uses. Text-Rhetorical Features and Their Functions and Uses. Part III: The Effect of Prompts on ESL Text. The First Three Prompts. The Second Three Prompts. The Differences That the Prompts Make. Part IV: Conclusion. Determining Priorities in Teaching and Curriculum. Epilogue. Appendices: Rank-Order of Median Frequency Rates of Linguistic Features in NS and NNS Texts. Comparisons of Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features in Academic Essays Across Prompts, by L1 Groups UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2001023597-d.html ER -