Guidebook to Academic Writing

Communicating in the Disciplines

Cornelia C. Paraskevas,Deborah F. Rossen-Knill

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781040031575
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Filología
• Subtopic: Lingüística

This innovative guidebook is an accessible and concise introduction to discipline-specific academic language. Using authentic texts written by both novice and expert writers and 'translating' current, corpus-based research of academic language into a practical guide, the book gives students the tools to navigate the linguistic features of various disciplines, emphasizing the humanities and sciences, but also discussing example texts from the social sciences.

Organised as 11 self-contained questions that are critical to any discussion of academic language, this guide:

• provides specific information and detail regarding the language 'demands' of each discipline
• explains the principles underlying punctuation, the range of choices writers have and the effects of these choices on readers
• includes detailed linguistic guidance on how to construct effective paragraphs
• discusses the multiple ways attitude is expressed in academic texts
• includes information on citation practices

With exercises and additional online resources, this guidebook provides students with a range of tools they can choose from in order to create effective texts that meet discipline and reader expectations. Accessibly written, it is an essential guide for all students in humanities and sciences writing academic texts in English.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsement
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Question 1 Why and How Might You Want to Use this Handbook?
• Question 2 The Evolving Handbook: What is the Purpose of a Handbook?
• Question 3 What is Academic English?
• Question 4 What Words are Typical in Academic Writing?
• Question 5 How and Why Do We Create Longer Sentences?
• Question 6 How Do We Achieve Economy?: What Makes Academic Language Particularly Hard?
• Question 7 How and Why Do We Add Detail to Verbs and Nouns Using Words and Phrases?
• Question 8 How and Why Do We Guide Readers with Punctuation?
• Question 9 How and Why Do We Create Effective Paragraphs?
• Question 10 How and Why Do Writers Express Their Point of View, Guide Readers and Interact with Them?
• Question 11 Why and How Do We Document Our Research?
• Appendix A: Grammar Essentials for Writers
• Appendix B: Function Words
• Index