Metadiscourse, as an important analytic tool, was rarely used to explore the generic
structure of Ph. D. dissertation acknowledgments, and within this genre, the role of gender …

This study examined PhD dissertation acknowledgements (DA) written by EFL authors in an
English-speaking context. A total of 120 texts from six different disciplines were collected as …

Research on generic structures of acknowledgements in dissertations has gradually drawn
attention in various contexts. However, there is relatively scant research on the ways in …

In recent times, scholars and researchers in Applied Linguistics have increasingly shown
interest in dissertation acknowledgements/thesis acknowledgements (DAs/TAs) in various …

This paper investigates Pakistani doctoral thesis acknowledgements from genre analysis
perspective. A corpus of 235 PhD thesis acknowledgements written in English was taken …

Studies have revealed differences and similarities in the generic structure and the linguistic
encoding of gratitude in dissertation acknowledgements (DAs) in different socio-cultural …

The present paper examines the generic structure of acknowledgements appearing in the
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology (DJLIT) covering the period 1998 …

The aim of this study is to analyze and describe the structure of acknowledgement texts
written by Pakistani authors in the light of two-tier genre model presented by Giannoni …

Acknowledgements as a genre is widely used in academic discourse to express gratitude
toward help from and contribution of an individual or an institution, thus establishing a …

In contrast to those in its Chinese-speaking counterparts, namely China and Hong Kong, the
generic structures of acknowledgements in dissertations in Taiwan are understudied. To …