English relative clauses in science and engineering journal papers: A comparative corpus-based study for pedagogical purposes

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• 作者：Dong Wan Cho^a ; ^{dongwanc@postech.ac.kr}Author Vitae ; Kyusong Lee^b ; ^{kyusonglee@postech.ac.kr}
• 关键词：English relative clauses ; Science and engineering journal papers ; Comparative corpus-based study ; English for publication purposes
• 刊名：Ampersand
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：3
• 期：Complete
• 页码：61-70
• 全文大小：310 K
• 卷排序：3

文摘

We examine how English relative clauses are used in science and engineering journal papers. Results show the frequent use of relative clauses, and high frequency of non-restrictive clauses. Extremely high use of ‘that’ over ‘which’ for restrictive relative clauses is also found. Some tips for teaching English relative clauses are provided for pedagogical purposes.