Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills / John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak.
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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan Press,
[2012]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Michigan series in English for academic & professional purposes.
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Table of 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.