Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres [electronic resource] /
Sancho Guinda, Carmen.author.
Hyland, K.editor.
Guinda, C. Sancho.editor.
Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres brings together a range of perspectives on two of the most important and contested concepts in applied linguistics: stance and voice. International experts provide an accessible, yet authoritative introduction to key issues and debates surrounding these terms.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction: a Context-Sensitive Approach to Stance and Voice; Part I: Contemporary Views of Stance and Voice; 2 Current Conceptions of Stance; 3 Current Conceptions of Voice; Part II: Stance and Voice in Professional Genres; 4 Voice and Stance as APPRAISAL: Persuading and Positioning in Research Writing across Intellectual Fields; 5 Stance in Academic Bios; 6 Hedging, Stance and Voice in Medical Research Articles; 7 Voice in Textbooks: between Exposition and Argument
Part III: Stance and Voice in Student Genres8 Achieving a Voice of Authority in PhD Theses; 9 Undergraduate Understandings: Stance and Voice in Final Year Reports; 10 Voice in Student Essays; 11 Proximal Positioning in Students' Graph Commentaries; Part IV: Variation of Stance and Voice in Academic Discourse; 12 Stance and Voice in Academic Discourse across Channels; 13 Voice and Stance across Disciplines in Academic Discourse; 14 Variation of Stance and Voice across Cultures; 15 The Voice of Scholarly Dispute in Medical Book Reviews, 1890-2010; 16 Epilogue; Name Index; Subject Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres brings together a range of perspectives on two of the most important and contested concepts in applied linguistics: stance and voice. International experts provide an accessible, yet authoritative introduction to key issues and debates surrounding these terms.
Applied linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Communication.
Applied Linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Language Teaching.
Communication Studies.