Academic Writing: At the Interface of Corpus and Discourse (Paperback)

Contributors \ Introduction: Exploring the Interface Between Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Maggie Charles, Diane Pecorari and Susan Hunston \ Part I: Focus on Genre and Disciplinary Discourses \ Introduction to Part I Maggie Charles \ 1. Schematic Structure and Lexico-Grammatical Realization in Corpus-Based Genre Analysis: The Case of Research in the PhD Literature Review John Flowerdew and Richard Forest \ 2. Persuading Sponsors and Securing Funding: Rhetorical Patterns in Grant Proposals Dimitra Koutsantoni \ 3. Verbal and Mental Processes in Academic Disciplines Jasper Holmes and Hilary Nesi \ 4. In the Wake of the Terror: Phraseological tools of Time Setting in the Narrative of History Marina Bondi \ 5. Formulaic Language in Biology: A Topic-specific Investigation Diane Pecorari \ Part II: Focus on Interpersonal Discourses \ Introduction to Part II Susan Hunston \ 6. Corpus Informed Discourse Analysis: The Case of Academic Engagement Ken Hyland \ 7. E-Conferencing: Corpus and Discourse Insights Ann Hewings, Caroline Coffin and Sarah North \ 8. Stance, Interaction and the Rhetorical Patterns of Restrictive Adverbs: Discourse Roles of Only, Just, Simply and Merely? Maggie Charles \ 9. A Dialogic Account of Authority in Academic Writing, Ramona Tang \nPart III: Focus on Learner Discourses \ Introduction to Part III Diane Pecorari \ 10. Lexical Verbs in Academic Discourse: A Corpus-driven Study of Learner Use Sylviane Granger and Magali Paquot \ 11. Linking Adverbials in Student and Professional Writing in Literary Studies: What Makes Writing Mature Philip Shaw \ 12. Variation in the Writing of Economics Students in Britain and Pakistan: The Case of Conjunctive Ties S. Amina Gardezi and Hilary Nesi \ 13. Can I Use Headings in My Essay? Section headings, Macrostructures and Genre Families in the BAWE Corpus of Student Writing Sheena Gardner and Jasper Holmes \ 14. Using the Revision Process to Help International Students Understand the Linguistic Construction of the Academic Identity Suganthi John \ Afterword John M. Swales \ Author Index \ Subject Index