Agent Nominals in the Written Assignments of Business Students

Camelia Bejan ()
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Camelia Bejan: “Ovidius†University of Constanța

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2020, vol. XX, issue 1, 256-264

Abstract: In academic English, nominalizations are used to achieve a higher level of abstraction, condensation and precision. This paper focuses on the actual usage patterns of -er nominalizations in academic writing, more precisely in the written assignments of business undergraduates. The research relies on the data collected from the British Academic Written English corpus. The main aim is to shed some light on the formal characteristics of the agent-denoting nominalization patterns in student writing and to identify trends and tendencies in the use of these nominals. The results of the research can increase student awareness of the linguistic patterns of nominalizations and improve the teaching techniques involved in developing academic writing skills.

Keywords: agent; nominal; nominalization; argument; corpus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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