Conveying Communicative Intent: Moves and Metadiscourse in Abstract Writing

Metadiscourse: A Technique for Improving Student Writing

Interfaces of Macro and Microstructure in Academic Writing: The Case of Research Article Abstracts

Abstract Although flourishing research has been devoted to research on article abstracts, more studies are needed to unpack the relationship between rhetorical moves and their associated linguistic and rhetorical features (e.g., metadiscourse). To underpin this relationship, the current study analyzed a total of 60 research article abstracts written in English by two cultural groups in three di...

Conveying Shopper Intent in Robot-Assisted Shopping for the Blind

This paper addresses the problem of quickly selecting the desired command (shopper intent) for RoboCart, a robotic shopping assistant for the visually impaired. The product titles act as the commands for RoboCart, in the sense that they tell RoboCart which location to navigate to. We present two quick item retrieval (QIRI) interfaces: typing interface and speech interface, and evaluate them aga...

The Impact of Architectural Representations on Conveying Design Intent

Journal: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Manuscript ID: Draft Manuscript Type: Research Paper Date Submitted by the Author: n/a Complete List of Authors: Cunin, Maxime; University of Liège, Faculty of Engineering Sciences Yang, Maria; MIT, Mechanical Eng and Eng Systems Elsen, Catherine; University of Liège, Faculty of Engineering Sciences Keyword: Arc...

efl learners collocational knowledge in writing and translation

این مطالعه به بررسی دانش همنشین های دانشجویان زبان انگلیسی فارسی زبان می پردازد. در ابتدا، ارتباط یین دانش عمومی زبان و دانش همنشین های زبان آموزان مورد بررسی قرار می گیرد. دومین هدف این مطالعه بررسی استراتژیهای مورد استفاده در ترجمه همنشین های انگلیسی به فارسی است. در نهایت، خطا های زبان آموزان در تولید و درک همنشین ها مورد آنالیز و بررسی قرار می گیرد. دویست و بیست هفت دانشجوی زبان در این مطال...