Research Genres : Explorations and Applications Paperback / softback
by John M. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Swales
Part of the Cambridge Applied Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book provides a rich and accessible account of genre studies by a world-renowned applied linguist. The hardback edition discusses today's research world, its various configurations of genres, and the role of English within the genres.
Theoretical and methodological issues are explored, with a special emphasis on various metaphors of genre.
The book is full of carefully worded detail and each chapter ends with suggestions for pedagogical practice.
The volume closes with evaluations of contrastive rhetoric, applied corpus linguistics, and critical approaches to EAP.
Research Genres provides a rich and scholarly account of this key area.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages, 18 Tables, unspecified; 25 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521533348
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages, 18 Tables, unspecified; 25 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521533348
