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Academic writing for graduate students : essential skills and tasks / John M Swales and Christine B. Feak.

Swales, John M., 1938- (Author). Feak, Christine B. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0472034758
  • ISBN: 9780472034758
  • Physical Description: xiv, 418 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: 3rd ed.
  • Publisher: Ann Arbor, [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, c2012.

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Previous ed.: 2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Emily Carr University of Art + Design PE1408 .S7836 2012 (Text) 30228468 Book Volume hold Available -
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Introduction to the Third Edition vii
Unit One An Approach to Academic Writing
1(54)
Audience
4(2)
Purpose and Strategy
6(2)
Organization
8(6)
Style
14(3)
Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift---Verbs
17(3)
Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift---Nouns and Other Parts of Speech
20(2)
Language Focus: Other Stylistic Features
22(8)
Flow
30(7)
Language Focus: Linking Words and Phrases
37(11)
Presentation
48(5)
Positioning
53(2)
Unit Two General-Specific and Specific-General Texts
55(45)
Opening with General Statements
61(3)
Opening with Statistics
64(1)
Opening with Definitions
65(1)
Writing a Definition
65(2)
Some Common Ways to Define in Academic Writing
67(1)
Language Focus: Verbs in Defining and Naming
68(3)
A Brief Look at the Elements of Formal Sentence Definitions
71(3)
Extended Definitions
74(10)
Variations in Definitions
84(5)
Discussions of Schools of Thought
89(3)
Specific-to-General Organization
92(8)
Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution
100(39)
The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts
101(4)
Language Focus: Mid-Position Adverbs
105(3)
Procedures and Processes
108(7)
Language Focus: -ing Clauses to Indicate Cause and Effect
115(4)
Language Focus: Passive Voice
119(6)
Flow of Ideas in a Process Description
125(8)
Language Focus: Indirect Questions
133(4)
Introducing the Solution
137(2)
Unit Four Data Commentary
139(49)
Strength of Claim
139(5)
Structure of Data Commentary
144(3)
Location Elements and Summaries
147(2)
Language Focus: Verbs in Indicative and Informative Location Statements
149(3)
Language Focus: Linking as Clauses
152(4)
Highlighting Statements
156(1)
Language Focus: An Introduction to Qualifications and Strength of Claim
156(3)
Language Focus: Specific Ways of Moderating or Qualifying a Claim
159(6)
Organization
165(2)
Language Focus: Comparisons
167(5)
Concluding a Commentary
172(2)
Language Focus: Dealing with Unexpected Outcomes or "Problems"
174(3)
Dealing with Graphs
177(4)
Dealing with Chronological Data
181(2)
Language Focus: Prepositions of Time
183(5)
Unit Five Writing Summaries
188(40)
Considerations before Writing a Summary
189(7)
Some Notes on Plagiarism
196(6)
Paraphrasing
202(4)
Careful Use of Synonyms
206(5)
Language Focus: Identifying the Source
211(5)
Language Focus: Summary Reminder Phrases
216(4)
Syntheses of More than One Source
220(5)
Language Focus: Showing Similarities and Differences
225(3)
Unit Six Writing Critiques
228(49)
Book Reviews
230(9)
Language Focus: Stating Opinions
239(3)
Language Focus: Evaluative Language
242(6)
Evaluating a Published Article
248(12)
Language Focus: Unreal Conditionals
260(2)
Language Focus: Evaluative Language Revisited
262(3)
Critical Reading
265(3)
Language Focus: Beginning the Critique
268(1)
Language Focus: Inversions
269(1)
Reaction Papers
270(4)
Language Focus: Non-Standard Quotation Marks (Scare Quotes)
274(2)
A Few Thoughts on Manuscript Reviews for a Journal
276(1)
Unit Seven Constructing a Research Paper I
277(50)
Types of Journal Publication
278(2)
Short Communications (SCs) in Disciplines that Report Fieldwork
280(4)
Longer Research Papers
284(5)
Methods Sections
289(12)
Language Focus: Linking Phrases in Methods Sections
301(4)
Results Sections
305(4)
Language Focus: Another Look at Location Statements
309(5)
Language Focus: Special Verb Agreements
314(2)
Language Focus: Making Comparisons
316(11)
Unit Eight Constructing a Research Paper II
327(63)
Introductions
327(4)
Creating a Research Space
331(13)
Language Focus: Citation and Tense
344(6)
Language Focus: Negative Openings in Move 2
350(6)
Language Focus: Purpose Statements and Tense
356(7)
Discussion Sections
363(8)
Language Focus: Levels of Generalization
371(1)
Language Focus: Expressions of Limitation
372(6)
Unfinished Business
378(12)
Appendixes
390(17)
Appendix One The Grammar of Definitions
390(5)
Appendix Two Articles in Academic Writing
395(8)
Appendix Three Academic English and Latin Phrases
403(4)
References 407(8)
Index 415

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