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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Background | |
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| What is the book about? | |
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| Who is the book for? | |
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| Why has the book been written? | |
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| How does the book meet the content, structure, linguistic and presentational needs of students? | |
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| How is the book organized? | |
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| What is the sample masters thesis about and why has it been selected? | |
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| How can this book be used? | |
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| Furthe reading | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis abstract | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis abstract | |
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| Analysis of a Masters thesis abstract | |
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| Analysis of a Doctoral thesis abstract | |
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| A key linguistic feature of a thesis abstract | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis introduction | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis introduction | |
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| Analysis of a Masters thesis introduction | |
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| Some key linguistics features of a thesis introduction | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis literature review | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis literature review | |
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| Conclusion of the literature review | |
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| Some key linguistic features of thesis literature reviews and approaches to processing the literature | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis methodology chapter | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis methodology chapter | |
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| Sample analysis of WTC thesis methodology chapter | |
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| Some key linguistic features of a thesis methodology chapter | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Results | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis results chapter | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis results chapter | |
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| Sample analysis of a Masters thesis results chapter | |
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| Quantitative results | |
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| Some key linguistic and presentation features of a thesis results chapter | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Discussion of Results | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis discussion of results | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis discussion of results | |
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| Sample analysis of a Masters thesis discussion of results | |
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| Some key linguistic features of a thesis discussion of results | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The functions of a thesis conclusion | |
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| The content and structure of a thesis conclusion | |
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| Sample analysis of a Masters thesis conclusion | |
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| Some key linguistic features of a thesis conclusion | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| Further activities | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Appendix | |