Paper Contrastive Analysis of the Uses of Reporting Verbs in English and Spanish Academic Texts: A Corpus Study JoAnne Neff (Universidad Complutense) Academic Writing Research Team Universidad Complutense (Universidad Complutense)

Program Summary
A key skill in academic writing is the ability to incorporate prior texts for a balanced argumentation, an ability not easily acquired by non-native university students. Drawing on four corpora (Spanish EFL texts; American undergraduate texts; English and Spanish academic texts), this study analyzes reporting verbs for EFL instructional purposes.

Contrastive Analysis of the Uses of Reporting Verbs in English and Spanish Academic Texts: A Corpus Study