Language, Knowledge and Society in Higher Education : The Intersection of Social, Epistemological and Discursive Knowledge in Academic Communication.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruce, Ian, author.

Ding, Alex, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Offers a theoretical model of academic language that encompasses holistically its social, epistemological and discursive dimensions.

Contents:

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Socio-Economic Environment of Contemporary Higher Education 2. Universities, Knowledge, and its Communication 3. Ethics 4. Interlude: Theorizing Our Position and Purpose 5. Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity 6. Disciplinary Social Influences and Academic Communication 7. Disciplines and Epistemology 8. Disciplines, Discourse and Text 9. The Intersecting Elements of Academic Communication: A Model 10. Implementation of the Model: Investigating Research Communication in Two Disciplines 11. Manifesto: Academic Communication and Future Directions References Index

ISBN:

1-350-46957-2

1-350-46955-6

9781350469556

OCLC:

1549520063