Expository Discourse

by Lewin, Beverly; Fine, Jonathan; Young, Lynne

• ISBN13: 9780826449139
• ISBN10: 0826449131
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Expository Discourse describes the social science research genre in an entirely original light. The authors present a comprehensive model which characterizes the generic, registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a text, formulating explicit realization statements that relate the abstract categories of move and act (as described by Swales) to the way these units actually are created by lexical and grammatical choices. The realization networks draw on the work of systemic functional linguists, primarily Halliday, Hasan, Martin, and Ventola.

Author Biography

Beverly A. Lewin is Instructor of Scientific Writing for Doctoral Candidates, Division of Foreign Languages, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Table of Contents

List of tables	vi
List of figures	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
A critical review of genre analysis	1	(22)
Methods	23	(14)
Setting the stage: analysis of Introduction sections	37	(25)
Inviting applause: analysis of Discussion sections	62	(41)
The tie that binds: lexical cohesion	103	(21)
The cast of characters in scientific texts	124	(13)
Signalling beginnings and endings	137	(9)
Conclusions	146	(11)
Bibliography	157	(6)
Index	163