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Introduction to the Thrid Edition | |
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An Approach to Academic Writing | |
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Audience | |
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Purpose and Strategy | |
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Organization | |
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Style | |
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Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Verbs | |
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Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Nouns and Other Parts of Speech | |
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Language Focus: Other Stylistic Features | |
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Flow | |
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Language Focus: Linking Words and Phrases | |
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Presentation | |
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Positioning | |
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General-Specific and Specific-General Texts | |
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Opening with General Statements | |
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Opening with Statistics | |
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Opening with Definitions | |
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Writing a Definition | |
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Some Common Ways to Define in Academic Writing | |
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Language Focus: Verbs in Defining and Naming | |
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A Brief Look at the Elements of Formal Sentence Definitions | |
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Extended Definitions | |
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Variations in Definations | |
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Discussions of Schools of Thought | |
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Specific-to-General Organization | |
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Problem, Process, and Solution | |
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The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts | |
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Language Focus: Mid-Position Adverbs | |
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Procedures and Processes | |
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Language Focus: -ing Clauses to Indicate Cause and Effect | |
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Language Focus: Passive Voice | |
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Flow of Ideas in a Process Description | |
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Language Focus: Indirect Questions | |
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Introducing the Solution | |
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Data Commentary | |
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Strength of Claim | |
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Structure of Data Commentary | |
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Location Elements and Summaries | |
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Language Focus: Verbs in Indicative and Informative Location Statements | |
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Language Focus: Linking as Clauses | |
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Highlighting Statements | |
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Language Focus: An Introduction to Qualifications and Strength of Claim | |
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Language Focus: Specific Ways of Moderating or Qualifying a Claim | |
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Organization | |
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Language Focus: Comparisons | |
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Concluding a Commentary | |
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Language Focus: Dealing with Unexpected Outcomes or "Problems" | |
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Dealing with Graphs | |
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Dealing with Chronological Data | |
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Language Focus: Prepositions of Time | |
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Writing Summaries | |
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Considerations before Writing a Summary | |
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Some Notes on Plagiarism | |
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Paraphrasing | |
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Careful Use of Synonyms | |
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Language Focus: Identifying the Source | |
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Language Focus: Summary Reminder Phrases | |
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Syntheses of More than One Source | |
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Language Focus: Showing Similarities and Differences | |
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Writing Critiques | |
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Book Reviews | |
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Language Focus: Stating Opinions | |
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Language Focus: Evaluative Language | |
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Evaluating a Published Article | |
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Language Focus: Unreal Conditionals | |
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Language Focus: Evaluative Language Revisited | |
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Critical Reading | |
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Language Focus: Beginning the Critique | |
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Language Focus: Inversions | |
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Reaction Papers | |
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Language Focus: Non-Standard Quotation Marks (Scare Quotes) | |
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A Few Thoughts on Manuscript Reviews for a Journal | |
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Constructing a Research Paper I | |
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Types of Journal Publication | |
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Short Communications (SCs) in Disciplines that Report Fieldwork | |
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Longer Research Papers | |
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Methods Sections | |
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Language Focus: Linking Phrases in Methods Sections | |
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Results Sections | |
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Language Focus: Another Look at Location Statements | |
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Language Focus: Special Verb Agreements | |
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Language Focus: Making Comparisons | |
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Constructing a Research Paper II | |
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Introductions | |
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Creating a Research Space | |
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Language Focus: Citation and Tense | |
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Language Focus: Negative Openings in Move 2 | |
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Language Focus: Purpose Statements and Tense | |
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Discussion Sections | |
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Language Focus: Levels of Generalization | |
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Language Focus: Expressions of Limitation | |
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Unfinished Business | |
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Appendixes | |
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The Grammar of Definitions | |
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Articles in Academic Writing | |
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Academic English and Latin Phrases | |
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References | |
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Index | |