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Appendix to Chapter9
Evaluative Adjectives and Noun Chunks Frequent in Academic Writing Evaluative
Adjective good
important
special
right
Main (Head) Noun
judges, readers, separation, communication, relations, fortune, yields, indication (e.g., good judges, good fortune)
changes, advances, step, part, consequences, respect, role, point, factor (e.g., important changes, important step[s])
cases, process, regulations, class, types, method (e.g., special cases, special process[es])
principles, level, relation, direction, answer, criteria (e.g., right principles, right level[s])
Contrasting Pairs of Adjectives for Paraphrasing
large—small low—high general—particular primary—secondary
long—short final—initial
same—different
young—old previous—following
simple—complex positive—negative
necessary—possible
(Adapted from Biber et al, 1999; Swales & Feak, 1994)
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