Expressing Critical Thinking through Disciplinary Texts

Insights from Five Genre Studies

AvIan Bruce

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Exploring how critical thinking is expressed in writing, this book investigates the specific linguistic elements involved in this process. Ian Bruce takes a genre-based approach to compare the textual expression of critical thinking in samples of academic, professional and journalistic writing, using five studies to examine the similarities and differences in the elements deployed across different genres. Looking at phenomena such as the relations between propositions and words which express the writer’s personal attitude, content-organizing patterns, and the role of metaphor, this book highlights the most important contributory factors in the expression of critical thinking. Providing an in-depth exploration of how it is articulated through different types of specialist writing, this book provides a lens to both examine texts and to identify and practice this skill.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-07-23
Mått:164 x 238 x 18 mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350127890

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Ian Bruce is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

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This book represents a flowering of many years of Bruce’s published work in the area. His theoretical analysis of how different genres actualize critical thinking will serve as an important resource to educators seeking to help their learners to understand the often-unspoken rules of their respective academic communities.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Critical Thinking: Definitions, Origins, Controversies2. Investigating the Expression of Critical Thinking through Writing3. Expressing Critical Thinking in the University Essay4. Expressing Critical Thinking in PhD Discussion Chapters5. Expressing Critical Thinking in Research Article Literature Reviews6. Expressing Critical Thinking in Corporate Disclosure Communication7. Expressing Critical Thinking in Journalistic Commentary8. Expressing Critical Thinking through WritingBibliographyIndex