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Guidebook to academic writing : communicating in the disciplines
Title
Guidebook to academic writing : communicating in the disciplines / Cornelia C. Paraskevas and Deborah F. Rossen-Knill.
ISBN
9781032484723
1032484721
9781032484709
1032484705
9781003389248
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2024]
Physical Description
xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 15, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Why and how you might want to use this handbook?
The evolving handbook : what Is the purpose of a handbook?
What is academic English?
What words are typical in academic writing?
How and why do we create longer sentences?
How do we achieve economy? What makes academic language particularly hard?
How and why do we add detail to nouns and verbs using words and phrases?
How and why do we guide readers with punctuation?
How and why do we create effective paragraphs?
How and why do writers express their point of view, guide readers and interact with them?
Why and how do we document our research?
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