Academic writing is a highly specialized genre of writing that requires students to become aware ... more Academic writing is a highly specialized genre of writing that requires students to become aware of and understand its processes and requirements The present study is a review article on the features of academic discourse as they are represented in the academic writings of EFL writers in Iran. The study reviews the existing literature on three features of academic discourse, intertextuality, citation and hedging. Using a genre-based approach to discourse analysis, it reports the findings of four decades of research on academic discourse with respect to these three prominent features. The study ends with the critical analysis of research studies carried out by Iranian scholars on academic discourse among Iranian college students who are majoring in TEFL.
Academic writing is a highly specialized genre of writing that requires students to become aware ... more Academic writing is a highly specialized genre of writing that requires students to become aware of and understand its processes and requirements The present study is a review article on the features of academic discourse as they are represented in the academic writings of EFL writers in Iran. The study reviews the existing literature on three features of academic discourse, intertextuality, citation and hedging. Using a genre-based approach to discourse analysis, it reports the findings of four decades of research on academic discourse with respect to these three prominent features. The study ends with the critical analysis of research studies carried out by Iranian scholars on academic discourse among Iranian college students who are majoring in TEFL.
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Keywords: academic discourse, genre analysis, intertextuality, citation, hedging, Iranian EFL learners
Keywords: academic discourse, genre analysis, intertextuality, citation, hedging, Iranian EFL learners