English Academic Writing

Are you involved in writing theses, journal articles, book chapters or monographs? Then this is the book for you. It analyses seven ‘pillars’ of English academic writing: well-planned texts; well-designed paragraphs; well-constructed sentences; reader-friendly punctuation; cohesive devices that make the text ‘hang together’; well-chosen and well-used citations; and the means by which readers are guided through a text and persuaded by it.
Written in an accessible style, English Academic Writing offers
• Over 200 best-practice examples from real research texts
• Hands-on language tips in ‘Toolboxes’
• ‘Makeovers’ showing how texts can be improved
• ‘In brief’ mini-summaries at key junctures in the text
• ‘Takeaways’ for each chapter
• A bank of phrases realising key functions of academic English


Inhalt:
Introduction: Seven pillars of academic writing
1 Creativity and constraints: Planning research texts
2 One step at a time: Designing paragraphs
3 Focus and flow: Constructing sentences
4 Breath marks: Punctuation
5 Only connect: Cohesion
6 Your words, not mine: Citations
7 Follow me: Guiding and persuading the reader
Appendix 1: Spoken academic English
Appendix 2: Grant proposals
Appendix 3: Phrase bank for academic writing

Autoreninformation:
Gerlinde Mautner is Full Professor of English Business Communication at WU, the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She has many years of experience in teaching advanced linguistic skills and English academic writing, both to faculty and to students from the undergraduate to the doctoral level. The focus of her research is on the relationship between language and society, as well as on questions of methodology. She has published widely in high-impact outlets and acts as a reviewer for several international journals.

Christopher J. Ross is an experienced writer, translator, and text editor specialising in research articles and books. He was a Senior Lecturer at WU for nearly 20 years, having previously held the same post at the Department of Interpreting and Translating, Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh).


Univ.-Prof. Dr Gerlinde Mautner lehrt am Institut für Englische Wirtschaftskommunikation der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU).
Dr. Christopher Ross war Senior Lecturer am Institut für Englische Wirtschaftskommunikation der WU Wien.