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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963010203321

Autore

Hyland Ken

Titolo

Academic discourse : English in a global context / Ken Hyland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2009

ISBN

9786612876813

9781474211673

1474211674

9781282876811

1282876813

9781441192042

1441192042

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Continuum discourse series

Disciplina

401.41

Soggetti

Rhetoric

Discourse analysis

Academic writing

Scholars - Language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-205) and indexes

Nota di contenuto

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 --

Sommario/riassunto

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.