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9780521533348

Research Genres: Explorations and Applications

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521533348

  • ISBN10:

    0521533341

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-11-01
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This book provides a rich and accessible account of genre studies by a world-renowned applied linguist. The hardback edition discusses today's research world, its various configurations of genres, and the role of English within the genres. Theoretical and methodological issues are explored, with a special emphasis on various metaphors of genre. The book is full of carefully worded detail and each chapter ends with suggestions for pedagogical practice. The volume closes with evaluations of contrastive rhetoric, applied corpus linguistics, and critical approaches to EAP. Research Genres provides a rich and scholarly account of this key area.

Table of Contents

1. Toward a world of genre
2. The role of English in the research world
3. Theoretical and methodological issues
4. 'Getting done': The PhD dssertation
5. The PhD defense
6. Research talk and research talks
7. The Research Article Revisited
8. Three remaining issues.

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