31.1362, Books: How Students Write: Aull

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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:12:46
From: Sean McSpadden [smcspadden at mla.org]
Subject: How Students Write: Aull

 


Title: How Students Write 
Subtitle: A Linguistic Analysis 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
	   https://www.mla.org
	

Book URL: https://www.mla.org/Publications/Bookstore/Nonseries/How-Students-Write-A-Linguistic-Analysis 


Author: Laura Louise Aull

Hardback: ISBN:  9781603294683 Pages: 230 Price: U.S. $ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781603294522 Pages: 230 Price: U.S. $ 34.00


Abstract:

Broad generalizations about “people today” are a familiar feature of
first-year student writing. How Students Write brings a fresh perspective to
this perennial observation, using corpus linguistics techniques. This study
analyzes sentence-level patterns in student writing to develop an
understanding of how students present evidence, draw connections between
ideas, relate to their readers, and, ultimately, learn to construct knowledge
in their writing.

Drawing on both first-year and upper-level student writing, the book examines
the discourse of students at different points in their education. It also
distinguishes between argumentative and analytic essays to explore the way
school genres and assignments shape students’ choices. 

In focusing on sentence-level features such as hedges (“perhaps”) and boosters
(“definitely”), this study shows how such rhetorical choices work together to
open or close opportunities for thoughtful exchanges of ideas. Attention to
these features can help instructors foster civil discourse, design effective
assignments, and expose and question norms of higher education.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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