Academic writing
Subtitle: at the interface of corpus and discourse
By: edited by Maggie Charles, Diane Pecorari and Susan Hunston.
Contributors: Charles, Maggie.; Pecorari, Diane.; Hunston, Susan, 1953-
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847064363
Subjects: Academic writing; Discourse analysis; Corpora (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: Introduction; title: Exploring the interface between corpus linguistics and discourse analysis / Maggie Charles, Diane Pecorari and Susan Hunston; title: Part I. Focus on genre and disciplinary discourses / Maggie Charles; title: 1. Schematic structure and lexico-grammatical realization in corpus-based genre analysis: The case of 'research' in the PhD literature review / John Flowerdew and Richard Forest; title: 2. Persuading sponsors and securing funding: Rhetorical patterns in grant proposals / Dimitra Koutsantoni; title: 3. Verbal and mental processes in academic disciplines / Jasper Holmes and Hilary Nesi; title: 4. In the wake of the Terror: Phraseological tools of time setting in the narrative of history / Marina Bondi; title: 5. Formulaic language in biology: A topic-specific investigation / Diane Pecorari; title: Part II. Focus on Interpersonal Discourses / Susan Hunston; title: 6. Corpus informed discourse analysis: The case of academic engagement / Ken Hyland; title: 7. E-conferencing: Corpus and discourse insights / Ann Hewings, Caroline Coffin and Sarah North; title: 8. Stance, interaction and the rhetorical patterns of restrictive adverbs: Discourse roles of only, just, simply and merely / Maggie Charles; title: 9. A dialogic account of authority in academic writing / Ramona Tang; title: Part III. Focus on Learner Discourses / Diane Pecorari; title: 10. Lexical verbs in academic discourse: A corpus-driven study of learner use / Sylviane Granger and Magali Paquot; title: 11. Linking adverbials in student and professional writing in literary studies: What makes writing mature / Philip Shaw; title: 12. Variation in the writing of economics students in Britain and Pakistan: The case of conjunctive ties / Amina Gardezi and Hilary Nesi; title: 13. Can I use headings in my essay? Section headings, macrostructures and genre families in the BAWE corpus of student writing / Sheena Gardner and Jasper Holmes; title: 14. Using the revision process to help international students understand the linguistic construction of the academic identity / Suganthi John; title: Afterword / John Swales; title: Index.