The general objective of the study is to analyze academic writing in Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian and to find out which conventions and features are universal across the three languages and which ones are specific to only some of them.

Observe discursive patterns on macro- and micro-level to determine the main rhetorical features in Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian academic texts

Develop a model for capturing writing traditions in Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian, which can be used when developing study materials for written communication in these languages