Academic Writing
At the Interface of Corpus and Discourse
Published on 13. November 2009
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-1-84706-436-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Contemporary research into written academic discourse has become increasingly polarised between two approaches: corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. This volume presents a selection of recent work by experts in academic written discourse, and illustrates how corpus linguistics and discourse analysis can work as complementary approaches. The overall introduction sets the volume against the backdrop of current work in English for Academic Purposes, and introductions to the each section draw out connections between the chapters and put them into context. The contributors are experts in the field and they cover both novice and expert examples of EAP. The book ends with an afterword that provides an agenda-setting closing perspective on the future of EAP research. It will appeal to reserachers and postgrduates in applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and EAP."
Reviews / Votes
"This rich collection of papers explores the complementarity of corpus and discourse approaches to written academic discourse, with examples given both of corpus investigations that are augmented by discourse analysis and also of corpus-assisted discourse analyses. As such, it makes a major contribution to the development of a combined corpus and discourse analytic approach to textual analysis. The papers contained in this collection present thorough, evidence-based descriptions of language use in a range of disciplines, which extend our understanding of how writers construct texts and interact with their readers, in diverse disciplinary contexts. This book is essential reading for students and researchers of academic discourse, and for those involved in the teaching of English for Academic Purposes. It will also interest applied corpus linguists and discourse analysts." -- - Paul Thompson, Lecturer, University of Reading, UK The volume's clear structural and conceptual divisions, along with the various introductions, provide a helpful scaffold for the reader, particularly those less familiar with the issues under discussion. The comprehensive subject and author indexes are also reader friendly and facilitate access to the volume's many interconnecting themes. -- Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Issue 1 Given the growing importance of the discourse and corpus analytic approaches in combination, the examination of the interaction between the two approaches in this volume provides an important addition to the emerging body of literature in the area. The individual research reports provide important insights into features of academic writing, and the collection of research reports richly illustrates ways that corpus and discourse analytical approaches can be fruitfully combined. -- Discourse Studies, 13(5)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84706-436-3 (9781847064363)
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Persons
Maggie Charles is Tutor for Academic Purposes at Oxford University Language Centre, Oxford, UK. Diane Pecorari is a Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of English in the Department of Humanities, Malardalen University, Sweden. Susan Hunstan is Professor of English Language at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Content
Introduction to the Volume; Part I. Focus on Genre and Disciplinary Discourses; Introduction to Part I; 1. Schematic structure and lexico-grammatical realization in corpus based genre analysis: The case of 'research' in the PhD literature review, John Flowerdew & Richard Forest (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); 2. Persuading sponsors and securing funding: Rhetorical patterns in grant proposals, Dimitra Koutsantoni (City University, UK); 3. Verbal and mental processes in academic disciplines, Jasper Holmes & Hilary Nesi (Warwick University, UK) & (Coventry University, UK); 4. In the wake of the Terror: Phraseological tools of time setting in the narrative of history, Marina Bondi (Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); 5. Formulaic language in biology: A topic-specific investigation, Diane Pecorari (Malardalen University, Sweden); Part II. Focus on Interpersonal Discourses; Introduction to Part II; 6. Corpus informed discourse analysis: The case of academic engagement, Ken Hyland (Institute of Education, UK); 7. E-conferencing: Corpus and discourse insights, Ann Hewings, Caroline Coffin & Sarah North (all The Open University, UK); 8. Stance, interaction and the rhetorical patterns of restrictive adverbs: Discourse roles of only, just, simply and merely, Maggie Charles (Oxford University, UK); 9. A dialogic account of authority in academic writing, Ramona Tang (National Institute of Education, Singapore); Part III. Focus on Learner Discourses; Introduction to Part III; 10. Lexical verbs in academic discourse: A corpus-driven study of learner use, Sylviane Granger & Magali Paquot (University College London, UK) & (University College London, UK); 11. Linking adverbials in student and professional writing in literary studies: What makes writing mature, Philip Shaw (Stockholm University, Denmark); 12. Variation in the writing of economics students in Britain and Pakistan: the case of conjunctive ties, Amina Gardezi & Hilary Nesi (Coventry University, UK); 13. Can I use headings in my essay? Section headings, macrostructures and genre families in the BAWE corpus of student writing, Sheena Gardner (University of Birmingham, UK) & Jasper Holmes (Warwick University, UK); 14. Using the revision process to help international students understand the linguistic construction of the academic identity, Suganthi John (Birmingham University, UK); Afterword John Swales (University of Michigan, USA); Index.