Academic discourse English in a global context Ken Hyland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyland, Ken, author.

Series:

Continuum discourse series.

Continuum discourse series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric.

Discourse analysis.

Academic writing.

Scholars--Language.

Scholars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conventions of English language academic discourses to understand their disciplines, establish their careers and to successfully navigate their learning. This accessible and readable book shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world, offering a clear description of the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. This unique genre-based introduction to academic discourse will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying TESOL, applied linguistics, and English for Academic Purposes.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: Points of Departure

2: Approaches

3: Academic Communities

4: Research Discourses

5: Instructional Discourses

6: Student Discourses

7: Popular Discourses

8: Wider Worlds

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-205) and indexes

ISBN:

9786612876813

9781474211673

1474211674

9781282876811

1282876813

9781441192042

1441192042

OCLC:

680036329