APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDY

Opis produktu

Provides an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to writing practices in institutions and organisations and brings together researchbased accounts of writing in a variety of settings to show how texts are constructed through the practices of social and institutional groups. A collection of specially commissioned essays on professional and academic writing by leading authorities from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including linguistics teaching psychology psychiatry and discourse analysis which together integrate different approaches on writing texts processes and practices. Throughout the text an explicit link is made between the research discussed and the practice while case studies illustrate how writing research can play a major role in the design of writing programmes.Writing: Texts Processes and Practices offers an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to writing in a variety of academic and professional settings. The book is composed of a series of original researchbased accounts by leading authorities from a range of disciplines. The papers are linked through a unifying perspective which emphasises the role of cultural and institutional practices in the construction and interpretation of written texts.This important new book integrates different approaches to text analysis different perspectives on writing processes and the different methodologies used to research written texts. Throughoutan explicit link is made between research and practice illustrated with reference to a number of case studies drawn from professional and classroom contexts.The book will be of considerable interest to those concerned with professional or academic writing and will be of particular value to students and lecturers in applied linguistics communication studies discourse analysis and professional communications training.The contributors to this volume are: Robert J. BarrettVijay K. BhatiaChristopher N. CandlinYuYing ChangSandra GollinKen HylandRoz IvanicMary R. LeaIan G. MalcolmJohn MiltonGreg MyersGuenter A. PlumBrian StreetJohn M. SwalesSue WeldonPatricia WrightIntroduction Christopher N. Candlin and Ken HylandSECTION ONE: EXPRESSION: FOCUS ON TEXT1. Integrating products processes purposes and participants in professional writing Vijay K. Bhatia2. Interaction in writing: principles and problems Greg Myers3. Writing as academic literacies: understanding textual practices in higher education Mary R. Lea and Brian StreetSECTION TWO: INTERPRETATION: FOCUS ON PROCESS4. Writing and information design of healthcare materials Patricia Wright5. Disciplinary discourses: writer stance in research articles Ken Hyland6. Writing as an intercultural process Ian G. MalcolmSECTION THREE: EXPLANATION: FOCUS ON RESEARCH7. Informal elements in English academic writing: threats or opportunities for advanced nonnative speakers? YuYing Chang and John M. Swales8. Researching the writerreader relationship Roz Ivanic and Sue Weldo

Data Publikacji: 2017-01-13
Wymiary: 216 mm 138 mm 453 gr