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Dominance of Anglo-American cultural representations in university English textbooks in China: a corpus linguistics analysis

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This research aims to analyze the cultural representations in university English textbooks in China using a large self-built corpus.
Built a corpus of 40 volumes/books over one million words to examine 10 sets of textbooks.
Applied thematic coding through corpus tools to analyze the entire data set.
Addressed limitations in previous studies by utilizing a larger and more comprehensive text sample.
American and British cultures dominate the textbooks, while other Inner-circle countries are marginalized.
Cultures from Outer-circle and Expanding-circle countries are largely neglected.
Limited focus on local or Chinese cultures was observed in the analyzed texts.

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Corpus analysis examines cultural representation in university English textbooks in China, revealing a dominance of Anglo-American culture.

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Corpus analysis examines cultural representation in university English textbooks in China, revealing a dominance of Anglo-American culture.