It is suggested that…or it is better to…? Forms and meanings of subject it-extraposition in academic and popular writing

• Published in: Journal of English for academic purposes Vol. 20; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Author: Zhang, Guiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Academic writing; Extraposed sentence; Main clause predicate; Popular writing; Subject it-extraposition; Extraposed sentence; Academic writing; Subject it-extraposition; Popular writing; Main clause predicate

Research has shown that extraposition is more frequent in academic writing than in speech and that students and non-English speaking academic writers have problems with the use of extraposition. With the explosion of scientific popularization over the past decades, popular writing has also become an...