The marketisation of higher education is a global phenomenon in the new millennium as the
universities are facing intense competition to manage their financial resources and maintain …

Propositions such as 'I don't want to speak like a native speaker of English'(Choi, Language
and Education 30: 72–85,), appearing in the title of a study focusing on the critical inquiry of …

Content analysis of language research is one of the very widely researched topics
worldwide. However, in the Philippine context, few studies and systematic reviews on the …

Direct quotation (DQ) use varies considerably across disciplines, from complete absence in
hard sciences to relative frequency in social sciences. This study investigates DQs in …

Press releases are the pieces of writing issued by companies or institutions to communicate
information to the news media community and the general public. There has been limited …

This research article delves into the methodological sections of research articles (RAs) in the
fields of English Linguistics and Literature authored by Pakistani researchers. It addresses …

This study aims to describe the characteristics and identify the non-conformance of the
corpora of the thesis introduction of the College of Teacher Education, University of …

This research aims to investigate the rhetorical structures of the introduction sections of
Pakistani research theses at postgraduate level. The corpus of study contains 32 …

This research study analyzed the Introduction chapters of PhD theses in education that were
available on the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Pakistan repository website to find …

Metadiscourse is a recent enterprise of applied linguists through which the text-internal
nature of discourse is explored with reference to persuasion, negotiation, and engagement …