Academic writing in context : implications and applications : papers in honour of Tony Dudley-Evans

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Academic writing in context : implications and applications : papers in honour of Tony Dudley-Evans

edited by Martin Hewings

University of Birmingham Press, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index

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An exploration of the most important themes in researching and teaching the use of the English language in academic writing. The contributors are all influential scholars in the area of academic literacy, working in Britain, western Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States. * The social and cultural context of academic writing * Differences between academic and non-academic text * The analysis of particular text types * Variation of style, structure and usage within and across disciplines * Applications of theory in the teaching of writing.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction, Martin Hewings
  • Distanced and refined selves: educational tensions in writing with the power of knowledge, Charles Bazerman
  • The future is with us: preparing diverse students for the challenges of university texts and cultures, Ann Johns
  • Descriptions or explanations? Some methodological issues in Contrastive Rhetoric, Anna Mauranen
  • From evidence to conclusion: the case of 'indicate that', Tim Johns
  • 'in my opinion': the place of personal views in undergraduate essays, Greg Myers
  • Analysing genre: some conceptual issues, Vijay K. Bhatia
  • Abstracting from abstracts, Thomas Huckin
  • Short answers in first year undergraduate science writing. What kind of genres are they?, Helen Drury
  • Introductory textbooks and disciplinary acculturation: a case study from social anthropology, Allson Love
  • Cyberdiscourse, evolving notions of authorship, and the teaching of writing, Dlane Belcher
  • Exemplification strategy in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Willie Henderson
  • Active verbs with inanimate subjects in scientific research articles, Peter Master
  • There'll be some changes made: predicting future events in academic and business genres, Meriel Bloor and Tom Bloor
  • Anticipatory 'it' in academic writing: an indicator of disciplinary difference and developing disciplinary knowledge, Ann Hewings and Martin Hewings
  • Reflections on collaborative practice in EAP materials production, John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak
  • References
  • Index.

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