Telling a Research Story: Writing a Literature Review (Volume 2) (Michigan Series In English For Academic & Professional Purposes)

Author: Swales John M.

Brand: University of Michigan Press ELT

Edition: revised/expanded English in Today’s Research World

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 112

Details: Telling a Research Story: Writing a Literature Review is concerned with the writing of a literature review and is not designed to address any of the preliminary processes leading up to the actual writing of the literature review.

This volume represents a revision and expansion of the material on writing literature reviews that appeared in English in Today’s Research World.

This volume progresses from general to specific issues in the writing of literature reviews. It opens with some orientations that raise awareness of the issues that surround the telling of a research story. Issues of structure and matters of language, style, and rhetoric are then discussed. Sections on metadiscourse, citation, and paraphrasing and summarizing are included.

Release Date: 26-03-2009

Package Dimensions: 10x227x190