book notice: English as an Additional Language in Research Publication and Communication

[Harold Schiffman]

English as an Additional Language in Research Publication and Communication
Series Title: Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and
Communication. Vol. 61
Published: 2008
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
                http://www.peterlang.com

Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=D&vSiteID=4&vSiteName=BookDetail%2Ecfm&VID=11462

Editor: Sally Burgess
Editor: Pedro Martín-Martín

Abstract:

This book brings together a collection of selected empirical studies by
researchers and English for Academic Purposes professionals working with
scholars who use English as an additional language and who face barriers to
publication when communicating the results of their research in the
international context. The contributions have their origins in papers and
workshops presented at the conference «Publishing and Presenting Research
Internationally: Issues for Speakers of English as an Additional Language»
(PRISEAL), which took place at the University of La Laguna (Spain) from 11
to 13 January 2007. The various issues which are addressed in this volume
are grouped into three main themes: 1. Descriptive studies of linguistic
and rhetorical features of written and spoken academic genres. 2.
Contrastive studies of academic discourse with a focus on rhetorical
preferences of members of scientific communities across cultures,
disciplines and genres. 3. Studies which evaluate English for Academic
Purposes courses and materials in terms of how successfully they develop
the scholar's ability to communicate more effectively in English.


Contents:

Sally Burgess/Pedro Martín-Martín: Introduction - Inmaculada
Fortanet-Gómez: Strategies for Teaching and Learning an Occluded Genre: The
RA Referee Report - Zifirdaus Adnan: Discourse Structure of Indonesian
Research Article Introductions in Selected Hard Sciences - Enrique Lafuente
Millán: Epistemic and Approximative Meaning Revisited: The Use of Hedges,
Boosters and Approximators When Writing Research in Different Disciplines -
Andrzej Lyda/Krystyna Warchal: Modality and the Move Structure in
Concession in Academic Spoken English - Rosa Lorés Sanz: Genres in
Contrast: The Exploration of Writers' Visibility in Research Articles and
Research Article Abstracts - Elma Kerz: The Cognitive and Pragmatic
Motivations for the Use of Nominalizations in Academic Texts - Isabel K.
León/Lourdes Divasson: Shared Knowledge in the Biomedical Research Paper: A
Grammatico-Rhetorical Study of the Nominal Prefield - Marek Bielski/Joanna
Bielska: Analysing Medical Language: A Study of Polish/English Abstract
Translations - Dimitra Vladimirou: Pronominal Reference in Linguists'
Writings: Exploring the English-Speaking and the Greek-Speaking Academic
Communities - Pilar Mur Dueñas: Analysing Engagement Markers
Cross-Culturally: The Case of English and Spanish Business Management
Research Articles - Maryelis Pabón Berbesí/Carmen L. Domínguez: Structure
and Function of the Nominal Group in English and Spanish in Academic Texts
- Teresa Morell Moll: A Presentation Course Design for Academics of English
as an Additional Language: A Multimodal Approach.

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