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Zusatztext Reviewed in The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 90 Informationen zum Autor Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK. Klappentext Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conventions of English language academic discourses to understand their disciplines, establish their careers and to successfully navigate their learning. This accessible and readable book shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world, offering a clear description of the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. This unique genre-based introduction to academic discourse will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying TESOL, applied linguistics, and English for Academic Purposes. Vorwort An accessible, genre-based introduction to a growing area of linguistics - Academic Discourse. By highlighting its nature and importance to the modern world this is an essential read for students. Zusammenfassung Shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world. This book describes the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Points of Departure 2: Approaches 3: Academic Communities 4: Research Discourses 5: Instructional Discourses 6: Student Discourses 7: Popular Discourses 8: Wider Worlds References Index...
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Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.
