Academic Writing for Graduate Students,9780472082636

Academic Writing for Graduate Students

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ISBN13: 9780472082636
ISBN10: 0472082639
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-07-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Michigan Pr
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Unit One: An Approach to Academic Writing 7(26)
Audience
7(1)
Purpose and Strategy
8(2)
Organization
10(5)
Style
15(6)
The Vocabulary Shift
15(3)
Formal Grammar and Style
18(3)
Flow
21(8)
Linking Words and Phrases
22(3)
this + Summary Word
25(4)
Presentation
29(2)
Positioning
31(2)
Unit Two: Writing General-Specific Texts 33(24)
Sentence Definitions
36(9)
The Grammar of Definitions
37(8)
Extended Definitions
45(4)
Contrastive Definitions
49(3)
Comparative Definitions
52(2)
Generalizations
54(3)
Unit Three: Problem, Process, and Solution 57(20)
The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts
57(3)
Midposition Adverbs
60(1)
Problem Statements
60(1)
Procedures and Processes
61(16)
Verbs and Agents in the Solution
63(6)
-ing Clauses of Result
69(2)
Indirect Questions
71(6)
Unit Four: Data Commentary 77(28)
Strength of Claim
77(3)
Structure of Data Commentary
80(1)
Location Elements and Summaries
80(5)
Verbs in Indicative and Informative Summaries
82(1)
Linking as-Clauses
82(3)
Highlighting Statements
85(1)
Qualifications and Strength of Claim
86(4)
Organization
90(5)
Qualifying Comparisons
92(3)
Concluding a Commentary
95(4)
Dealing with ``Problems''
97(2)
Dealing with Graphs
99(3)
Referring to Lines on Graphs
101(1)
Dealing with Chronological Data
102(3)
Prepositions of Time
102(3)
Unit Five: Writing Summaries 105(26)
Writing an Assignment Summary
105(20)
The First Sentence in a Summary
117(1)
Nominal that-Clauses
118(3)
Summary Reminder Phrases
121(4)
Some Notes on Plagiarism
125(2)
Comparative Summaries
127(4)
Unit Six: Writing Critiques 131(24)
Requirements for Writing Critiques
133(4)
Unreal Conditionals
134(2)
Evaluative Language
136(1)
Critical Reading
137(4)
Writing Critiques
141(7)
Inversions
144(3)
Special Verb Agreements
147(1)
Reaction Papers
148(2)
Scare Quotes
149(1)
Reviews
150(2)
A Final Look at the ESL Literature
152(3)
Unit Seven: Constructing a Research Paper I 155(18)
Overview of the Research Paper
156(3)
Methods
159(4)
Imperatives in Research Papers
161(2)
Writing Up a Methods Section
163(1)
Methods Sections across Disciplines
164(3)
Hyphens in Noun Phrases
167(1)
Results
167(3)
Commentary in Results Sections
170(3)
Unit Eight: Constructing a Research Paper II 173(74)
Introduction Sections
173(1)
Creating a Research Space
174(5)
Claiming Centrality
178(1)
Reviewing the Literature
179(5)
Citation and Tense
182(2)
Variation in Reviewing the Literature
184(1)
Move 2---Establishing a Niche
185(5)
Negative Openings
188(2)
Occupying the Niche
190(2)
Tense and Purpose Statements
191(1)
Completing an Introduction
192(3)
Discussion Sections
195(3)
Opening a Discussion Section
198(3)
Levels of Generalization
200(1)
Limitations in Discussions
201(2)
Cycles of Moves
203(1)
Acknowledgments
203(2)
Titles
205(5)
Abstracts
210(37)
Linguistic Features of Abstracts
212(9)
Appendixes
One: Articles in Academic Writing
221(14)
Two: Academic English and Latin Phrases
235(4)
Three: Electronic Mail
239(8)
Selected References 247(2)
Index 249

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