English Academic Writing

Das Buch richtet sich an all jene, die in Studium oder Beruf wissenschaftliche Texte auf Englisch verfassen wollen und dafür praxisorientierte Hilfe suchen. Es enthält eine Vielzahl von sprachlichen Tipps, authentischen Beispielen, Zusammenfassungen und eine Phrasensammlung.

Auteur
Dr. Christopher Ross war Senior Lecturer am Institut für Englische Wirtschaftskommunikation der WU Wien und ist seit seiner Pensionierung 2018 als freier Sprachberater tätig.

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Are you involved in writing theses, journal articles, book chapters or monographs? Then this is the book for you. English Academic Writing provides a wealth of hands-on advice designed to help you draft research texts that are clear, engaging and reader-friendly. Written in an accessible style, English Academic Writing offers: Over 200 best-practice examples from real research texts Practical language tips in 'Toolboxes' 'Makeovers' showing how texts can be improved 'In Brief' mini-summaries at key junctures in the text 'Takeaways' for each chapter A bank of phrases realising key functions of academic English

Contenu
Acknowledgments Explanatory notes for readers Introduction: Seven pillars of academic writing 1 Creativity and constraints: Planning research texts 1.1 Research genres 1.1.1 Genres, structures and hierarchies 1.1.2 Hierarchical organisation in research texts 1.2 The research story and its parts 1.2.1 The abstract 1.2.2 The beginning: Setting the scene 1.2.3 The middle: Developing the plot 1.2.4 The ending: Rounding it all off 1.3 Text appeal 2 One step at a time: Designing paragraphs 2.1 The essence of English paragraphs 2.2 The components of a paragraph 2.2.1 The topic sentence 2.2.2 The 'meaty' middle 2.2.3 The final sentence 2.3 Paragraph appeal 3 Focus and flow: Constructing sentences 3.1 Sentence types 3.1.1 The simple sentence 3.1.2 The complex sentence 3.1.3 Subordinate clauses 3.2 Principles of sentence construction 3.2.1 The 'given-new' principle 3.2.2 End focus 3.3 Passive sentences 3.4 Sentence appeal 3.4.1 Getting the verb-noun balance right 3.4.2 Varying sentence structure 4 Breath marks: Punctuation 4.1 Why punctuation matters 4.2 What punctuation marks signal 4.2.1 Suggesting 'stops' 4.2.2 Suggesting 'detours' 4.2.3 Suggesting 'pauses' 4.3 Commas: sometimes a question of style 4.3.1 Where style plays little part 4.3.2 Where style comes in 5 Only connect: Cohesion 5.1 General principles of cohesion and coherence 5.2 Cohesion within paragraphs 5.2.1 Semantic chains 5.2.2 Pronouns 5.2.3 Linkers 5.2.4 Structural devices 5.3 Cohesion beyond the paragraph 6 Your words, not mine: Citations 6.1 What to cite and how much 6.2 Types of citations 6.2.1 Direct versus indirect citations 6.2.2 Integral versus non-integral citations 6.3 Weaving citations into the text 6.4 Inadvertent plagiarism and how to avoid it 7 Follow me: Guiding and persuading the reader 7.1 Showing the reader the way: Metacomments 7.2 Getting the reader on your side 7.2.1 Reasoning 7.2.2 Emphasising 7.2.3 Evaluating 7.2.4 Rapport-building Appendix 1 Conference presentations A1.1 The audience, or 'pity the listener' A1.2 The purposes A1.3 Language considerations A1.4 Text slides Appendix 2 Grant proposals Appendix 3 Phrasebank for academic writing List of references Index