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Name:	Daniel  Lees Fryer
Institution:	University of Gothenburg
Email:	click here to access email
Homepage:	http://www.danielfryer.no
State and/or Country:	Norway
Linguistic Field(s):	Applied Linguistics Discourse Analysis General Linguistics Linguistic Theories Philosophy of Language Pragmatics Semantics Sociolinguistics Text/Corpus Linguistics
Specialty:	systemic-functional grammar, academic literacy
Subject Language(s):	English Norwegian Bokmål
Selected Publications:	Fryer, Daniel Lees. 2012. Analysis of the generic discourse features of the English-language medical research article: a systemic-functional approach. Functions of Language 19(1), 5-37
Courses Taught:	Systemic-functional grammar Social semiotics Academic writing English grammar
Reviewer of:	Scientific Discourse and the Rhetoric of Globalization (LL Issue 24.565) Reading Visual Narratives (LL Issue 24.2565)
Academic Paper Abstract:	Analysis of the Generic Discourse Features of the English-Language Medical Research Article: A systemic-functional approach
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