Linguistic Description in English for Academic Purposes

Helen Basturkmen is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where she works in research, research supervision and teaching in the Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) programme. She edited English for Academic Purposes in the Critical Concepts in Linguistics Series (2015). Prior to this, she taught English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and was a teacher educator in the Middle East for many years.

"Basturkmen’s book provides the ever-widening circle of the EAP community with a go-to text that brings an overview of the relevant literature and research endeavours in one place. This reading is a must for scholars researching as well as academics and teachers using English in educational and scholarly settings." - Kristina Cergol, University of Zagreb, Croatia, ESP Today"This book represents a much needed and very comprehensive resource for EAP researchers, teachers, and materials developers, as well as for students and unseasoned researchers who wish to gain a fundamental understanding of how to use language to produce effective written and spoken English academic discourse. I believe this work will be highly influential in the field." - Yoon Namkung, Georgia State University, English for Specific Purposes

• 1. The Expanding Terrain of EAP 2. Theory and Methodology 3. The General Academic English Register 4. Study Genres and Events 5. Professional Research Genres and Events 6. Disciplinary Variation 7. Conclusion and Future Directions