Research Catalog

Title

Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills / John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak.

Author

Swales, John M., 1938-

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Feak, Christine B.

Description

xiv, 418 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This practical guide for graduate and undergraduate students features authentic texts from a variety of disciplines and is based on a large body of research literature dealing with the features of academic (or research) English.

Series Statement

Michigan series in English for academic & professional purposes

Uniform Title

Michigan series in English for academic & professional purposes

Subject

• Writing
• English language > Rhetoric > Problems, exercises, etc
• Academic writing > Problems, exercises, etc
• English language > Rhetoric
• English language > Textbooks for foreign speakers

Genre/Form

• Problems and Exercises
• Problems and exercises
• Textbooks – for foreign speakers
• Leermiddelen (vorm)
• Problems and exercises.
• Problems and Exercises.
• Textbooks – for foreign speakers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Unit 1 An Approach to Academic Writing 1 -- Audience 4 -- Purpose and Strategy 6 -- Organization 8 -- Style 14 -- Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Verbs 17 -- Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Nouns and Other Parts of Speech 20 -- Language Focus: Other Stylistic Features 22 -- Flow 30 -- Language Focus: Linking Words and Phrases 37 -- Presentation 48 -- Positioning 53 -- Unit 2 General-Specific and Specific-General Texts 55 -- Opening with General Statements 61 -- Opening with Statistics 64 -- Opening with Definitions 65 -- Writing a Definition 65 -- Some Common Ways to Define in Academic Writing 67 -- Language Focus: Verbs in Defining and Naming 68 -- A Brief Look at the Elements of Formal Sentence Definitions 71 -- Extended Definitions 74 -- Variations in Definations 84 -- Discussions of Schools of Thought 89 -- Specific-to-General Organization 92 -- Unit 3 Problem, Process, and Solution 100 -- The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts 101 -- Language Focus: Mid-Position Adverbs 105 -- Procedures and Processes 108 -- Language Focus: -ing Clauses to Indicate Cause and Effect 115 -- Language Focus: Passive Voice 119 -- Flow of Ideas in a Process Description 125 -- Language Focus: Indirect Questions 133 -- Introducing the Solution 137 -- Unit 4 Data Commentary 139 -- Strength of Claim 139 -- Structure of Data Commentary 144 -- Location Elements and Summaries 147 -- Language Focus: Verbs in Indicative and Informative Location Statements 149 -- Language Focus: Linking as Clauses 152 -- Highlighting Statements 156 -- Language Focus: An Introduction to Qualifications and Strength of Claim 156 -- Language Focus: Specific Ways of Moderating or Qualifying a Claim 159 -- Organization 165 -- Language Focus: Comparisons 167 -- Concluding a Commentary 172 -- Language Focus: Dealing with Unexpected Outcomes or "Problems" 174 -- Dealing with Graphs 177 -- Dealing with Chronological Data 181 -- Language Focus: Prepositions of Time 183 -- Unit 5 Writing Summaries 188 -- Considerations before Writing a Summary 189 -- Some Notes on Plagiarism 196 -- Paraphrasing 202 -- Careful Use of Synonyms 206 -- Language Focus: Identifying the Source 211 -- Language Focus: Summary Reminder Phrases 216 -- Syntheses of More than One Source 220 -- Language Focus: Showing Similarities and Differences 225 -- Unit 6 Writing Critiques 228 -- Book Reviews 230 -- Language Focus: Stating Opinions 239 -- Language Focus: Evaluative Language 242 -- Evaluating a Published Article 248 -- Language Focus: Unreal Conditionals 260 -- Language Focus: Evaluative Language Revisited 262 -- Critical Reading 265 -- Language Focus: Beginning the Critique 268 -- Language Focus: Inversions 269 -- Reaction Papers 270 -- Language Focus: Non-Standard Quotation Marks (Scare Quotes) 274 -- A Few Thoughts on Manuscript Reviews for a Journal 276 -- Unit 7 Constructing a Research Paper I 277 -- Types of Journal Publication 278 -- Short Communications (SCs) in Disciplines that Report Fieldwork 280 -- Longer Research Papers 284 -- Methods Sections 289 -- Language Focus: Linking Phrases in Methods Sections 301 -- Results Sections 305 -- Language Focus: Another Look at Location Statements 309 -- Language Focus: Special Verb Agreements 314 -- Language Focus: Making Comparisons 316 -- Unit 8 Constructing a Research Paper II 327 -- Introductions 327 -- Creating a Research Space 331 -- Language Focus: Citation and Tense 344 -- Language Focus: Negative Openings in Move 2 350 -- Language Focus: Purpose Statements and Tense 356 -- Discussion Sections 363 -- Language Focus: Levels of Generalization 371 -- Language Focus: Expressions of Limitation 372 -- Unfinished Business 378.

ISBN

• 9780472034758
• 0472034758

OCLC

• 785067273
• SCSB-11395691

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library