Academic writing in context : implications and applications : papers in honour of Tony Dudley-Evans /: implications and applications : papers in honour of Tony Dudley-Evans. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Martin Hewings.
• Editors: Hewings, Martin
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Publications by Tony Dudley-Evans -- Distanced and refined selves: educational tensions in writing with the power of knowledge -- The future is with us: preparing diverse students for the challenges of university texts and cultures -- Descriptions or explanations? Some methodological issues in Contrastive Rhetoric -- From evidence to conclusion: the case of 'indicate that' -- 'In my opinion': the place of personal views in undergraduate essays -- Analysing genre: some conceptual issues -- Abstracting from abstracts -- Short answers in first-year undergraduate science writing. What kind of genres are they? -- Introductory textbooks and disciplinary acculturation: a case study from social anthropology -- Cyberdiscourse, evolving notions of authorship, and the teaching of writing -- Exemplification strategy in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations -- Active verbs with inanimate subjects in scientific research articles -- There'll be some changes made: predicting future events in academic and business genres -- Anticipatory 'it' in academic writing: an indicator of disciplinary difference and developing disciplinary knowledge -- Reflections on collaborative practice in EAP materials production -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (251 pages)
• Subjects: 808.042; Academic writing; Electronic books. -- local; English language -- Rhetoric; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441163509; 1441163506
• Related ISBNs: 9780826481313; 0826481310
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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