Jul 2026· Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences· Vol 6, pp. 23-28· 0 citations· 3 references
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This study compares the use of shell nouns in Chinese master’s thesis abstracts and English expert research article abstracts. Based on Schmid’s (2000) definition of shell nouns and Jiang and Hyland’s (2015) functional classification, two small-scale corpora were built: a Master’s Corpus and an Expert Corpus. The findings reveal three major differences. First, experts use shell nouns significantly more frequently than master’s students. Second, experts employ a balanced distribution of lexico-grammatical constructions, with N-that accounting for 18.3%, whereas master’s students heavily rely on N-of and underuse N-that. Third, master’s students overuse event and manner nouns, while experts excel in using cognition, quality, and state nouns to express stance. These findings suggest pedagogical implications for improving Chinese master’s students’ academic writing by enhancing N-that construction training and shifting focus from process description to research evaluation.
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Bilge Deniz Göçer, M. Kilic· Journal of Educational and S...· 0 citations
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Using the HSK Dynamic Composition Corpus 3.0, this study examines 541 instances of object omission in Chinese compositions written by Japanese and Korean learners. The screened sample contains 277 instances from Japanese learners and 264 from Korean learners. Nominal objects account for 487 cases (90.02%), including 32...
Wen-Pan Guo· Global Education Ecology· 0 citations
Argumentative writing requires ESL learners to balance clear reasoning with precise vocabulary and grammatical accuracy. This multi-layered task remains a major hurdle in language acquisition. While vocabulary and grammar are widely recognised as twin pillars of effective argumentation, research rarely examines how the...
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