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 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.
Cornelia C. Paraskevas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Writing. She taught at Western Oregon University for 32 years. She is the author of Exploring Grammar Through Texts: Reading and Writing the Structure of English (2020) and co-author (with M. E. Sargent) of Conversations about Writing: Eavesdropping, Inkshedding, and Joining In (2004). Deborah F. Rossen-Knill is a professor in the University of Rochester's Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program and the program's founding and executive director. She co-authored with Tatyana Bakhmetyeva Including Students in Academic Conversations: Principles and Strategies for Teaching Theme-Based Writing Courses Across the Disciplines (2011) and co-edited with Craig Hancock the Journal of Teaching Writing William Vande Kopple Memorial Issue (2021)
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Acknowledgements Question 1: Why and How You Might Want to Use this Handbook? Question 2: The Evolving Handbook: What Is the Purpose of a Handbook? Question 3: What is Academic English? Question 4: What Words are Typical in Academic Writing? Question 5: How and Why do we Create Longer Sentences? Question 6: How do we Achieve Economy? What Makes Academic Language Particularly Hard? Question 7: How and Why do we Add Detail to Nouns and Verbs Using Words and Phrases? Question 8: How and Why do we Guide Readers with Punctuation? Question 9: How and Why do we Create Effective Paragraphs? Question 10: How and Why do Writers Express their Point of View, Guide Readers and Interact with Them? Question 11: Why and How do we Document our Research? Appendix A: Grammar Essentials for Writers Appendix B: Function Words Index
Acknowledgements Question 1: Why and How You Might Want to Use this Handbook? Question 2: The Evolving Handbook: What Is the Purpose of a Handbook? Question 3: What is Academic English? Question 4: What Words are Typical in Academic Writing? Question 5: How and Why do we Create Longer Sentences? Question 6: How do we Achieve Economy? What Makes Academic Language Particularly Hard? Question 7: How and Why do we Add Detail to Nouns and Verbs Using Words and Phrases? Question 8: How and Why do we Guide Readers with Punctuation? Question 9: How and Why do we Create Effective Paragraphs? Question 10: How and Why do Writers Express their Point of View, Guide Readers and Interact with Them? Question 11: Why and How do we Document our Research? Appendix A: Grammar Essentials for Writers Appendix B: Function Words Index
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