Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften Academic Discourse Across Disciplines: 42 (Linguistic Insights)

This volume reflects the emerging interest in cross-disciplinary variation in both spoken and written academic English, exploring the conventions and modes of persuasion characteristic of different disciplines and which help define academic inquiry. This collection brings together chapters by applied linguists and EAP practitioners from seven different countries. The authors draw on various specialised spoken and written corpora to illustrate the notion of variation and to explore the concept of discipline and the different methodologies they use to investigate these corpora. The book also seeks to make explicit the valuable links that can be made between research into academic speech and writing as text, as process, and as social practice. About the Author The Editors: Ken Hyland is Professor of Education and director of the Centre for Academic and Professional Literacies at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has published widely in EAP and academic writing and is the co-editor of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes. Marina Bondi is Professor of English at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and current President of the Italian Association of English studies. Her main research interests are in language variation and academic discourse.