TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swales,John M.
AU  - Feak,Christine B.
TI  - Academic writing for graduate students: essential tasks and skills 
T2  - Michigan series in English for academic & professional purposes
SN  - 0472034758
AV  - PE1408 .S7836 2012
U1  - 808.0420711 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Ann Arbor, Mich.
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Academic writing
KW  - Writing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Unit 1; An Approach to Academic Writing; 1 --; Audience; 4 --; Purpose and Strategy; 6 --; Organization; 8 --; Style; 14 --; Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Verbs; 17 --; Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Nouns and Other Parts of Speech; 20 --; Language Focus: Other Stylistic Features; 22 --; Flow; 30 --; Language Focus: Linking Words and Phrases; 37 --; Presentation; 48 --; Positioning; 53 --; Unit 2; General-Specific and Specific-General Texts; 55 --; Opening with General Statements; 61 --; Opening with Statistics; 64 --; Opening with Definitions; 65 --; Writing a Definition; 65 --; Some Common Ways to Define in Academic Writing; 67 --; Language Focus: Verbs in Defining and Naming; 68 --; A Brief Look at the Elements of Formal Sentence Definitions; 71 --; Extended Definitions; 74 --; Variations in Definations; 84 --; Discussions of Schools of Thought; 89 --; Specific-to-General Organization; 92 --; Unit 3; Problem, Process, and Solution; 100 --; The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts; 101 --; Language Focus: Mid-Position Adverbs; 105 --; Procedures and Processes; 108 --; Language Focus: -ing Clauses to Indicate Cause and Effect; 115 --; Language Focus: Passive Voice; 119 --; Flow of Ideas in a Process Description; 125 --; Language Focus: Indirect Questions; 133 --; Introducing the Solution; 137 --; Unit 4; Data Commentary; 139 --; Strength of Claim; 139 --; Structure of Data Commentary; 144 --; Location Elements and Summaries; 147 --; Language Focus: Verbs in Indicative and Informative Location Statements; 149 --; Language Focus: Linking as Clauses; 152 --; Highlighting Statements; 156 --; Language Focus: An Introduction to Qualifications and Strength of Claim; 156 --; Language Focus: Specific Ways of Moderating or Qualifying a Claim; 159 --; Organization; 165 --; Language Focus: Comparisons; 167 --; Concluding a Commentary; 172 --; Language Focus: Dealing with Unexpected Outcomes or "Problems"; 174 --; Dealing with Graphs; 177 --; Dealing with Chronological Data; 181 --; Language Focus: Prepositions of Time; 183 --; Unit 5; Writing Summaries; 188 --; Considerations before Writing a Summary; 189 --; Some Notes on Plagiarism; 196 --; Paraphrasing; 202 --; Careful Use of Synonyms; 206 --; Language Focus: Identifying the Source; 211 --; Language Focus: Summary Reminder Phrases; 216 --; Syntheses of More than One Source; 220 --; Language Focus: Showing Similarities and Differences; 225 --; Unit 6; Writing Critiques; 228 --; Book Reviews; 230 --; Language Focus: Stating Opinions; 239 --; Language Focus: Evaluative Language; 242 --; Evaluating a Published Article; 248 --; Language Focus: Unreal Conditionals; 260 --; Language Focus: Evaluative Language Revisited; 262 --; Critical Reading; 265 --; Language Focus: Beginning the Critique; 268 --; Language Focus: Inversions; 269 --; Reaction Papers; 270 --; Language Focus: Non-Standard Quotation Marks (Scare Quotes); 274 --; A Few Thoughts on Manuscript Reviews for a Journal; 276 --; Unit 7; Constructing a Research Paper I; 277 --; Types of Journal Publication; 278 --; Short Communications (SCs) in Disciplines that Report Fieldwork; 280 --; Longer Research Papers; 284 --; Methods Sections; 289 --; Language Focus: Linking Phrases in Methods Sections; 301 --; Results Sections; 305 --; Language Focus: Another Look at Location Statements; 309 --; Language Focus: Special Verb Agreements; 314 --; Language Focus: Making Comparisons; 316 --; Unit 8; Constructing a Research Paper II; 327 --; Introductions; 327 --; Creating a Research Space; 331 --; Language Focus: Citation and Tense; 344 --; Language Focus: Negative Openings in Move 2; 350 --; Language Focus: Purpose Statements and Tense; 356 --; Discussion Sections; 363 --; Language Focus: Levels of Generalization; 371 --; Language Focus: Expressions of Limitation; 372 --; Unfinished Business; 378
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