Academic Writing
An Introduction
Published on 30. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-55111-908-3 (ISBN)
Description
Offers introduction to academic writing in different disciplines. This title focuses on writing as a diverse and collaborative, rather than rule-bound and goal-oriented, activity, and includes discussions of genre and audience. It contains sections on ethics in research and in disciplines.
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Peterborough
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-55111-908-3 (9781551119083)
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Janet Giltrow is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of British Columbia, USA. Her articles have appeared in such journals as American Literature, Sinn und Form, Style, Technostyle, Studies in the Novel, Modern Language Review, and Technical Writing and Communication, and in collections on feminist narratology, genre theory, and ESL, as well as in collections on other topics in rhetoric and literary studies. She is a winner of the 3M Teaching Fellowship.