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This book presents international research by renowned linguists and second language experts across different languages on issues surrounding Academic Writing. Academic Writing is an important skill for students entering tertiary education to learn. Australian authors from University of NSW and University of Sydney.

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'The balance struck in this volume between discussion of theory and reports on and suggestions for practice make it an invaluable collection for all those engaged in researching and teaching academic writing. Most of the contributions present work influenced by systemic functional linguistics, but the collection will also be of interest to those adopting alternative approaches.'

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There have been considerable demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. The sociolinguistic reality of English language use worldwide, and its implications, continue to be hotly contested. This book details the developments in the pragmatics and lexicogrammar of speakers using English as a lingua franca.

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The authors outline how multi-modality theory can be used to analyze texts which employ multiple semiotic modes and media, in such a way that a balanced consideration is given to the characteristics of each mode, how they integrate, and how they distribute textual functions between them.

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An exploration of the police interview interaction between officers and suspects, using real interview recordings and a conversation analytic framework. It uses transcripts from real UK police interviews, investigating previously unexplored and under-explored areas of the process.

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An exploration of the police interview interaction between officers and suspects, using real interview recordings and a conversation analytic framework.

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Explains how to read, interpret and write about the world around us in a critical and informed way. This book answers the needs of students of composition, rhetoric, creative writing, stylistics or literature. It teaches the reader how to perform semiotic analysis, and formulates a logical set of instructions on how to write it up.

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Explains how to read, interpret and write about the world around us in a critical and informed way. This book answers the needs of students of composition, rhetoric, creative writing, stylistics or literature. It teaches the reader how to perform semiotic analysis, and formulates a logical set of instructions on how to write it up.

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Providing a basic descriptive terminology for prose style, this handbook supplies detailed, carefully charted answers to questions such as: what is a noun style A verb style A hypotactic or a paratactic style

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This bibliography is a compilation of 15 short bibliographies published in an issue of the Journal of Second Language Writing from January 1993 to September 1997.

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This bibliography is a compilation of 15 short bibliographies published in an issue of the Journal of Second Language Writing from January 1993 to September 1997.

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Appliable Linguistics tackles everyday real-life language-related problems in diverse social, professional and academic contexts

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Tackles everyday real-life language-related problems in diverse social, professional and academic contexts. This title features chapters that use systemic functional linguistic theory to engage with issues of translation, education, language teaching/learning, multimodality, media, social policy and action and positive discourse analysis.

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The papers in this volume demonstrate the strides applied linguists have taken, in 'pure' or 'impure' form, since the classic volume of Corder's Introducing Applied Linguistics speculated about the discipline's possible frontiers. With a judicious combination of empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented studies, the volume takes a close, hard look at the present and future challenges.

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Applies applied linguistic theories to the development of materials for language learning to add new depth to the field.

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Surveying the increasing dialogue between linguistics and social theory, this title shows how social theory, applied linguistics and sociolinguistics share a set of common concerns.

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Applied Linguistics As Social Science surveys the increasing dialogue between linguistics and social theory.