Description
| Product ID: | 9781032484709 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Guidebook to Academic Writing |
| Subtitle: | Communicating in the Disciplines |
| Authors: | Author: Cornelia C. Paraskevas, Deborah F. Rossen-Knill |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Writing and editing guides, Writing & editing guides, Linguistics, Literature: history and criticism, Language teaching theory and methods, Study and learning skills: general, linguistics, Literature: history & criticism, Applied linguistics for ELT, Study & learning skills: general, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This innovative guidebook is a concise introduction to discipline-specific academic language. Using authentic texts written by novice and expert writers and ‘translating’ current, corpus-based research of academic language into a practical guide, the book gives students the tools to navigate the linguistic features of various disciplines. This innovative guidebook is an accessible and concise introduction to discipline-specific academic language. Using authentic texts written by both novice and expert writers and ‘translating’ current, corpus-based research of academic language into a practical guide, the book gives students the tools to navigate the linguistic features of various disciplines, emphasizing the humanities and sciences, but also discussing example texts from the social sciences. Organised as 11 self-contained questions that are critical to any discussion of academic language, this guide:
With exercises and additional online resources, this guidebook provides students with a range of tools they can choose from in order to create effective texts that meet discipline and reader expectations. Accessibly written, it is an essential guide for all students in humanities and sciences writing academic texts in English. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-07-01 |