communicating in the disciplines Paraskevas, Cornelia C. creator author. Rossen-Knill, Deborah F. author. text bibliography enk 2024 monographic eng

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volumes cm "This innovative guidebook is an accessible and concise introduction to discipline-specific academic language. Using authentic texts written by both novice and expert writers and 'translating' current, corpus-based research of academic language into a practical guide, the book gives students the tools to navigate the linguistic features of various disciplines, emphasizing the humanities and sciences, but also discussing example texts from the social sciences"-- Why and how you might want to use this handbook? -- The evolving handbook : what Is the purpose of a handbook? -- What is academic English? -- What words are typical in academic writing? -- How and why do we create longer sentences? -- How do we achieve economy? What makes academic language particularly hard? -- How and why do we add detail to nouns and verbs using words and phrases? -- How and why do we guide readers with punctuation? -- How and why do we create effective paragraphs? -- How and why do writers express their point of view, guide readers and interact with them? -- Why and how do we document our research? Cornelia C. Paraskevas and Deborah F. Rossen-Knill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Academic writing Handbooks, manuals, etc English language Style Handbooks, manuals, etc P301.5.A27 P37 2024 Paraskevas, Cornelia C. London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 (DLC) 2023055470 9781032484709 2023055469 DLC 240203 20260512144338.0 23550315 eng