Academic writing in context : implications and applications / edited by Martin Hewings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hewings, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

Academic writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores a number of themes of current interest to those engaged in researching and teaching academic genres: the social and cultural context of academic writing; differences between the academic and non-academic text; the analysis of particular text types; variation within and across disciplines; and applications of theory in the teaching of writing. The contributors include many of today's most influential scholars in the area of academic literacy, working in a wide variety of tertiary academic contexts in Britain, Finland, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe, Australia and the United States. Th

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Publications by Tony Dudley-Evans; Distanced and refined selves: educational tensions in writing with the power of knowledge; The future is with us: preparing diverse students for the challenges of university texts and cultures; Descriptions or explanations? Some methodological issues in Contrastive Rhetoric; From evidence to conclusion: the case of 'indicate that'; 'In my opinion': the place of personal views in undergraduate essays; Analysing genre: some conceptual issues; Abstracting from abstracts

Short answers in first-year undergraduate science writing. What kind of genres are they?Introductory textbooks and disciplinary acculturation: a case study from social anthropology; Cyberdiscourse, evolving notions of authorship, and the teaching of writing; Exemplification strategy in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations; Active verbs with inanimate subjects in scientific research articles; There'll be some changes made: predicting future events in academic and business genres; Anticipatory 'it' in academic writing: an indicator of disciplinary difference and developing disciplinary knowledge

Reflections on collaborative practice in EAP materials productionReferences; Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: published as by Martin Hewings. 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611294786

9781281294784

1281294780

9781441163509

1441163506

9781847142115

1847142117

OCLC:

229406503