Writing in English Studies
A Guide for Students in English Linguistics and Literature
1st Edition
Published on 8. June 2020
164 pages
978-3-8385-5363-4 (ISBN)
Description
How does academic writing work in English linguistics and in English literary and cultural studies? This book serves as a student guide to the conventions of writing in these disciplines. It introduces how linguistic and literary and cultural researchers think and write in their fields. Vivid examples and quotations from student papers show elegant solutions for approaching structure and formulation in academic writing. In this way, this volume makes the composition of university papers more accessible.
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Vivian Gramley | Katharina Pietsch | Tyll Zybura
Writing in English Studies
A Guide for Students in English Linguistics and Literature
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Dr. Vivian Gramley lehrt an der Universität Bielefeld Anglistik (British and American Studies).
Frau M.A. Katharina Pietsch war wissenschaftliche Projektmitarbeiterin an der Universität Bielefeld. Als Selbstständige bietet sie hochschuldidaktische Workshops an.
Herr M.A. Tyll Zybura ist wissenschaftlicher Projektmitarbeiter an der Universität Bielefeld.
Content
Instead of a preface 7
1. The practices of writing 11
1.1 Why academic writing is hard 12
1.2 Academic writing means joining a conversation 13
1.3 Finding literature 28
1.4 Text in progress: drafting, revising, and editing 36
1.5 How to become an expert on your own writing 44
Reference list 50
2. Writing in linguistics 51
2.1 Thinking, writing, and communication in English linguistics 51
2.2 How linguists write about linguistic questions 56
2.3 Content of linguistic writing 57
2.4 Finding a topic and formulating a research statement 71
2.5 Structure (IMRaD) 81
Reference list 100
Suggested solutions to the tasks 102
3. Writing in literary and cultural studies 104
3.1 Thinking, writing, and communication in Anglo-American literary and cultural studies 104
3.2 Building your argument: rhetoric, argumentation, and structure 111
3.3 Building your argument: theory, formal analysis, and interpretation 134
3.4 How to begin 149
Reference list 156
Acknowledgements 159
Index 160
