doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.447
Exploring Interpersonal Function in College Application Essays
Qi Li 1,*
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- 1 School of Foreign Languages and Business, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055 China.
- 2 Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
Abstract
As an academic promotional genre, personal statements play an important role in the admission process. Previous research has focused primarily on personal statements for postgraduate programs and doctoral applications. Few studies have been carried out on college application essays. Based on the theory of interpersonal function of functionalism linguistics, this study analyzes a corpus of 50 successful Ivy League application essays and finds the features of the realization of interpersonal function in college application essays. The findings of this study will be beneficial for prospective applicants in their future endeavors.
Keywords
- Application essay
- epistemic attitude
- interpersonal function
- valuative attitude
How to Cite
Qi Li and Dongmei Ge, "Exploring Interpersonal Function in College Application Essays," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 441-444, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.447
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Copyright © 2023 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).