The balance struck in this volume between discussion of theory and reports on and suggestions for practice make it an invaluable collection for all those engaged in researching and teaching academic writing. Most of the contributions present work influenced by systemic functional linguistics, but th
Analysing Structure in Academic Writing
β Scribed by Tomoko Sawaki (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 289
- Series
- Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book breaks through formalistic traditions to propose a new generic structure analytical framework for academic writing. The integrated approach, taking lessons from cognitive linguistics and structuralism, offers a foundation for establishing research and pedagogy that can promote diversity and inclusion in academia. The simplicity of the flexible structure analytical model proposed by Sawaki enables the user to analyse diverse instances of genre. Further innovation is made in the analysis of generic structure components by integrating George Lakoff and Mark Johnsonβs metaphor analysis method, so that the model can account for cultural and ideological patterns that structure our abstract thinking. Using these integrations, the author has established a structure analytical model that can take into account linguistic, cognitive, and pragmatic aspects of genre. Researchers in the fields of linguistics, discourse studies, cultural studies, education, and English for Academic Purposes will be able to use this model to identify whether an atypical instance in academic texts is a result of the writerβs individual failure or a failure to understand diversity in academic writing.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-30
Prototype Theory and Genre Analysis....Pages 31-67
Revisiting Structuralism....Pages 69-98
The Binary Model....Pages 99-137
Conceptualisation of Generic Structure Components....Pages 139-177
Diversity in Academic Writing....Pages 179-199
Identifying Generic Structure Components....Pages 201-219
In the Midst of Globalisation in Academic Writing....Pages 221-247
Conclusion....Pages 249-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-275
β¦ Subjects
Discourse Analysis;Pragmatics;Cultural Studies;English;Literacy
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