| Description |
1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum discourse series
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Continuum discourse series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-205) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Points of departure; Chapter 2 Approaches; Chapter 3 Academic communities; Chapter 4 Research discourses; Chapter 5 Instructional discourses; Chapter 6 Student discourses; Chapter 7 Popular discourses; Chapter 8 Wider worlds; References; Author Index; Subject Index. |
| Summary |
Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conventions of English language academic discourses to understand their disciplines, establish their careers and to successfully navigate their learning. This accessible and readable book shows the nature and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rhetoric.
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Rhetoric. |
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Discourse analysis.
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Discourse analysis. |
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Academic writing.
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Academic writing. |
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Scholars -- Language.
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Scholars. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hyland, Ken. Academic discourse. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826498038 (DLC) 2009455069 (OCoLC)330508617 |
| ISBN |
9781441192042 (electronic book) |
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1441192042 (electronic book) |
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9780826498038 |
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0826498035 |
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0826498043 |
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9780826498045 |
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