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Texts that describe or explain a topic
Objective is to synthesize the current state of knowledge from all available studies
Typically written by a collaborative group of co-authors
A “wiki” platform; either Wikipedia or a similar one
A dictionary entry
Many of the articles are biographical describing a person’s life and accomplishments
See Biber & Egbert 2018: 135-137, 142-144

Examples

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku Language: English Description: English Wikipedia page for Turku, a city in Finland
URL: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/likelier Language: English Description: Dictionary page for the word "likely"