03426nam 2200757Ia 450 991078952880332120230207214243.01-280-69804-797866136750020-8093-8599-6(CKB)2670000000094531(EBL)1354549(OCoLC)730520018(SSID)ssj0000681708(PQKBManifestationID)12253558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681708(PQKBWorkID)10663311(PQKB)10879083(SSID)ssj0000525064(PQKBManifestationID)11340968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525064(PQKBWorkID)10487687(PQKB)11154352(MiAaPQ)EBC1354549(OCoLC)623489089(MdBmJHUP)muse3488(Au-PeEL)EBL1354549(CaPaEBR)ebr10575414(CaONFJC)MIL367500(EXLCZ)99267000000009453120100909e20101994 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProfessional academic writing in the humanities and social sciences[electronic resource] /Susan Peck MacDonaldPaperback ed.Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press20101 online resource (252 p.)Originally published: 1994.0-8093-1930-6 0-8093-3007-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Patterns in Disciplinary Variation; Case Studies in Three Subfields; 3. Attachment Research: Compact Problem Definition in a Conceptually Driven Field; 4. Colonial New England Social History: The Problematics of Contemporary History Writing; 5. Renaissance New Historicism: Epistemic and Non epistemic Textual Patterns; Language; 6. Sentence-Level Differences in Disciplinary Knowledge Making; 7. Professional Styles and Their Consequences; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover In Professional Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Susan Peck MacDonald tackles important and often controversial contemporary questions regarding the rhetoric of inquiry, the social construction of knowledge, and the professionalization of the academy. MacDonald argues that the academy has devoted more effort to analyzing theory and method than to analyzing its own texts. Professional texts need further attention because they not only create but are also shaped by the knowledge that is special to each discipline. Her assumption is that knowledge-maAuthorshipHumanities literatureAuthorshipSocial sciencesAuthorshipScholarly publishingAcademic writingAuthorship.Humanities literatureAuthorship.Social sciencesAuthorship.Scholarly publishing.Academic writing.808.066001808/.066001MacDonald Susan153650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789528803321Professional academic writing in the humanities and social sciences3845954UNINA