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Pergamon
English for Specific Purposes, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 241-265, 1998
© 1998 The American University. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd
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A Cross-cultural Comparison of Letters of
Recommendation
Kristen Precht
Abstract--Letters of recommendation (LRs) from different countries are as
individual as the local academic cultures from which they arise. Distinct
regional patterns emerged in this comparative study of letters of recommendation
from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Eastern
Europe. Two types of analysis were performed: first, a quantitative analysis
examined features such as linearity, symmetry, data integration, advance
organizers and sentence types; second, a qualitative analysis examined the
content of the sections of the letters. Differences were found cross-culturally
in the quantitative analysis. Significant differences were also found in......

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