Exploring Academic Writing in Cameroon English: A Corpus-based Perspective
··· lezzter Preis 28.50 ··· 9783869558509 ··· 10361193072 ··· In today`s global higher education system, successful written communication often entails familiarity with a special kind of writing - one that is discursive without being informal, cautious without being naïve, and individual without transgressing discipline-specific conventions From a pedagogic perspective conventions. perspective, these requirements may only be better learned, practiced and appropriated when exemplified in real context of use. This book is a contribution in this direction. Based on a million-word corpus of conference abstracts, students` dissertations, and essays, the book explores key aspects in academic writing. It introduces the concepts with concrete examples from Cameroon and offers the first qualitative and quantitative analysis of hedging, meta- discourse, evaluation, and modality as well as lexical bundles and textual variation. The book closes with a summary of the main issues and suggestions for teaching academic writing in the national context. Hersteller: Cuvillier Verlag Marke: Cuvillier Verlag EAN: 9783869558509 Kat: Hardcover/Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik/Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar Versandkosten: Ab 20¤ Versandkostenfrei in Deutschland Icon: https://www.inforius-bilder.de/bild/?I=Ydjx1FNX7e2pqeYaz5%2FjlEfxf0Sh%2FE1%2B7l%2FUNyBTHlg%3D Bild: