Writing Readable Research - A Guide for Students of Social Science - Beverly Lewin
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Writing Readable Research - A Guide for Students of Social Science - Beverly Lewin
Beverly Lewin [+]
Tel Aviv University
Beverly A. Lewin has extensive experience in teaching scientific writing to Ph.D. students from non - English speaking backgrounds, in various social sciences, as well as in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology. Her research focuses on scientific discourse, especially genre analysis and managing interpersonal relations in texts (hedging and criticism). Publications include Expository Discourse: A Genre-Based Approach to Social Science Texts (co-authored with Jonathan Fine and Lynne Young, Continuum, 2001) and The Sword and the Word: Criticism in the Academy (co-edited with Françoise Salager-Meyer, Peter Lang, forthcoming).
Description
Th is chapter attempts to answer two questions: 1. What are the usual moves in a Discussion section and their rhetorical functions? 2. What lexical and grammatical structures are common to these moves? Topics Covered: What Are the Moves and Their Rhetorical Functions; Variability of Moves; The Rhetorical Dimension of the Key Moves; Sequencing Arguments; Lexical/Grammatical Structures; Other Lexical/Grammatical Signals; Stating Conclusions