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Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication

Cognition/culture/power

By: Carol Berkenkotter,Thomas N. Huckin

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Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication

Cognition/culture/power

By: Carol Berkenkotter,Thomas N. Huckin

Although genre studies abound in literary criticism, researchers and scholars interested in the social contexts of literacy have recently become interested in the dynamic, rhetorical dimensions of speech genres. Within this burgeoning scholarly community, the authors are among the first researchers working within social science traditions to study genre from the perspective of the implicit knowledge of language users. Thus, this is the first sociocognitive study of genre using case-study, naturalistic research methods combined with the techniques of rhetorical and discourse analysis. The term "genre knowledge" refers to an individual's repertoire of situationally appropriate responses to recurrent situations -- from immediate encounters to distanced communication through the medium of print, and more recently, the electronic media. One way to study the textual character of disciplinary knowledge is to examine both the situated actions of writers, and the communicative systems in which disciplinary actors participate. These two perspectives are presented in this book. The authors' studies of disciplinary communication examine operations of systems as diverse as peer review in scientific publications and language in a first grade science classroom. The methods used include case study and ethnographic techniques, rhetorical and discourse analysis of changing features within large corpora and in the texts of individual writers. Through the use of these techniques, the authors engaged in both micro-level and macro-level analyses and developed a perspective which reflects both foci. From this perspective they propose that what micro-level studies of actors' situated actions frequently depict as individual processes, can also be interpreted -- from the macro-level -- as communicative acts within a discursive network or system. The research methods and the theoretical framework presented are designed to raise provocative questions for scholars, researchers, and teachers in a number of fields: linguists who teach and conduct research in ESP and LSP and are interested in methods for studying professional communication; scholars in the fields of communication, rhetoric, and sociology of science with an interest in the textual dynamics of scientific and scholarly communities; educational researchers interested in cognition in context; and composition scholars interested in writing in the disciplines.

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Routledge

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1134956150

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9781134956159

Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

A Rationale for Pedagogy

By: James Coady,Thomas Huckin

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Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

A Rationale for Pedagogy

By: James Coady,Thomas Huckin

A collection of articles on direct and indirect second language vocabulary acquisition.

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312

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Cambridge University Press

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0521561329

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9780521561327

Discourse on the Move

Using corpus analysis to describe discourse structure

By: Douglas Biber,Ulla Connor,Thomas A. Upton

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Discourse on the Move

Using corpus analysis to describe discourse structure

By: Douglas Biber,Ulla Connor,Thomas A. Upton

Discourse on the Move is the first book-length exploration of how corpus-based methods can be used for discourse analysis, applied to the description of discourse organization. The primary goal is to bring these two analytical perspectives together: undertaking a detailed discourse analysis of each individual text, but doing so in terms that can be generalized across all texts of a corpus. The book explores two major approaches to this task: ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’. In the ‘top-down’ approach, the functional components of a genre are determined first, and then all texts in a corpus are analyzed in terms of those components. In contrast, textual components emerge from the corpus analysis in the bottom-up approach, and the discourse organization of individual texts is then analyzed in terms of linguistically-defined textual categories. Both approaches are illustrated through case studies of discourse structure in particular genres: fund-raising letters, biology/biochemistry research articles, and university classroom teaching.

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305

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027291918

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9789027291912

Hood's Own

Second Series

By: Thomas Hood

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Hood's Own

Second Series

By: Thomas Hood

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

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582

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384605464X

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9783846054642

Research Methodology and Scientific Writing

By: C. George Thomas

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Research Methodology and Scientific Writing

By: C. George Thomas

This book presents a guide for research methodology and scientific writing covering various elements such as finding research problems, writing research proposals, obtaining funds for research, selecting research designs, searching the literature and review, collection of data and analysis, preparation of thesis, writing research papers for journals, citation and listing of references, preparation of visual materials, oral and poster presentation in conferences, and ethical issues in research . Besides introducing library and its various features in a lucid style, the latest on the use of information technology in retrieving and managing information through various means are also discussed in this book. The book is useful for students, young researchers, and professionals.

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620

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Springer Nature

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3030648656

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Perspectives on Software Documentation

Inquiries and Innovations

By: Thomas Barker

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Perspectives on Software Documentation

Inquiries and Innovations

By: Thomas Barker

This book is designed to address the randomness of the literature on software documentation. As anyone interested in software documentation is aware, the field is highly synthetic; information about software documentation may be found in engineering, computer science training, technical communication, management, education and so on. "Perspectives on Software Documentation" contains a variety of perspectives, all tied together by the shared need to make software products more usable.

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288

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Routledge

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1351842315

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9781351842310

Organizing Business Knowledge

The MIT Process Handbook

By: Thomas W. Malone,Kevin Crowston,George Arthur Herman

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Organizing Business Knowledge

The MIT Process Handbook

By: Thomas W. Malone,Kevin Crowston,George Arthur Herman

A systematic and powerful method for organizing and accessing business knowledge.

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642

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MIT Press

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0262134292

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9780262134293

Paralogic Rhetoric

A Theory of Communicative Interaction

By: Thomas Kent

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Paralogic Rhetoric

A Theory of Communicative Interaction

By: Thomas Kent

Building on the ideas of philosophers and literary theorists such as Donald Davidson, Richard Rorty, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Mikhail Bakhtin, Thomas Kent investigates in Paralogic Rhetoric the role that interpretation plays in the acts of writing and reading. Kent argues that both writing and reading - as kinds of communicative interaction - constitute thoroughly hermeneutic activities that cannot be reduced to discreet conceptual frameworks or to systemic processes of one kind or another. Kent calls his view of communicative interaction paralogic hermeneutics, and he employs this notion to critique some of our most influential contemporary approaches to the study of writing and reading." "Kent develops his argument in two general stages. In the first stage - chapters one through four - he discusses the meaning of the term paralogy and defines the concept of paralogic hermeneutics. In addition, he attacks in these chapters the claim endorsed by many rhetoricians and literary theorists that language conventions control the meaning of utterances, and in place of the conventionalist formulation of communicative interaction, Kent advocates an externalist account of meaning that attempts to move beyond the old Cartesian opposition of mind and world. In stage two of his argument - chapters five through seven - Kent draws out some of the practical implications of a paralogic hermeneutics for the disciplines of rhetoric and literary criticism. One of Kent's most provocative and important claims in these chapters concerns his assertion that the traditional disciplinary boundary existing between composition studies and literary studies evaporates once writing and reading are regarded as hermeneutic endeavors." "Finally, Paralogic Rhetoric represents a frontal assault on some of the fundamental assumptions about writing and reading held by many of our most important contemporary rhetoricians and literary theorists. Kent argues persuasively that the time has arrived for a reconsideration of our current conceptions concerning both the production and the reception of discourse, and in these pages, he proposes a description of communicative interaction that serves as a large first step toward a radical redescription of writing and reading."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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244

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Bucknell University Press

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0838752500

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9780838752500

The Works of Thomas Hood

Vol. 2

By: Thomas Hood

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The Works of Thomas Hood

Vol. 2

By: Thomas Hood

Reproduction of the original.

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3368912194

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9783368912192

Social Media and Genre Studies

An Investigation of Facebook and Twitter Higher Education Web Pages

By: Thomas Kenny

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Social Media and Genre Studies

An Investigation of Facebook and Twitter Higher Education Web Pages

By: Thomas Kenny

This book investigates whether Facebook and Twitter have become a genre, particularly for higher education institutions. The author examines the purpose, form, and functionality of higher education's institutional web pages on these platforms through a combination of content analysis and interviews.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666907367

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9781666907360

The Works of Thomas Hood; Comic And Serious, In Prose And Verse, In Eleven Volumes

Volume 2 - in large print

By: Thomas Hood

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The Works of Thomas Hood; Comic And Serious, In Prose And Verse, In Eleven Volumes

Volume 2 - in large print

By: Thomas Hood

Reproduction of the original.

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570

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3368377728

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9783368377724

THE RUBY SLIPPERS OF OZ: Thirty Years Later

By: Rhys Thomas

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THE RUBY SLIPPERS OF OZ: Thirty Years Later

By: Rhys Thomas

30th Anniversary edition. The Ruby Slippers of Oz exposes the clandestine and often treacherous underground of movie memorabilia, this Hollywood mystery may be the film industry's most bizarre account of ambition, greed, obsession, and deception. Something's afoot here as a colorful group of characters are spellbound by the charm and curse of the screen's most indelible and iconic image: The Ruby Slippers of Oz. Updated for the first time in 30 years, with many new revelations, this is a fascinating read for any Oz movie buff and those who love a good mystery.

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0359223508

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9780359223503

Book's by Thomas Huckin

Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication

Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication

Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Discourse on the Move

Discourse on the Move

Hood's Own

Hood's Own

Research Methodology and Scientific Writing

Research Methodology and Scientific Writing

Perspectives on Software Documentation

Perspectives on Software Documentation

Organizing Business Knowledge

Organizing Business Knowledge

Paralogic Rhetoric

Paralogic Rhetoric

The Works of Thomas Hood

The Works of Thomas Hood

Social Media and Genre Studies

Social Media and Genre Studies

The Works of Thomas Hood; Comic And Serious, In Prose And Verse, In Eleven Volumes

The Works of Thomas Hood; Comic And Serious, In Prose And Verse, In Eleven Volumes

THE RUBY SLIPPERS OF OZ: Thirty Years Later

THE RUBY SLIPPERS OF OZ: Thirty Years Later

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