Academic Discourse

English In A Global Context

AvKen Hyland,Ken Hyland

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conventions of English language academic discourses to understand their disciplines, establish their careers and to successfully navigate their learning. This accessible and readable book shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world, offering a clear description of the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. This unique genre-based introduction to academic discourse will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying TESOL, applied linguistics, and English for Academic Purposes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-01
Mått:146 x 226 x 16 mm
Vikt:322 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Continuum Discourse
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826498045

Utforska kategorier

Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Ken Hyland is Professor of Education and Head of the Centre for Academic and Professional Literacies at the School of Culture, Language and Communication of the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Recensioner i media

"This book is unusual in its breadth of coverage. It analyses popularisations, pedagogical and student genres as well as journal articles, and spoken as well as written texts. It brings together perspectives from discourse analysis, composition research, English for Specific Purposes, literacy studies, and sociology of science, as well as genre analysis. And its examples come from Chinese, American, and British academic institutions. Because of this breadth, even readers who think they are up to date with one aspect or another of academic discourse will find some new insights, and references to studies they had missed. All this is presented with brevity, lightness of touch, apt quotations, striking examples, and a readable style." - Greg Myers, Professor of Rhetoric and Communication, Lancaster University, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Points of Departure; 2: Approaches; 3: Academic Communities; 4: Research Discourses; 5: Instructional Discourses; 6: Student Discourses; 7: Popular Discourses; 8: Wider Worlds; References; Index.

Almut Koester, Ken Hyland

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