{"product_id":"academic-writing-writing-and-reading-across-the-disciplines-third-edition-9781551113951","title":"Academic Writing: Writing and Reading across the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcademic Writing\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique introduction to the subject. As the author puts it in her preface, \"this book develops from a strong claim: namely, that style is meaningful.\" In developing that theme, the author draws meaningfully on theory, especially genre theory, while remaining grounded in the particular. Giltrow presents and discusses examples of actual academic writing of the sort that students must learn to deal with daily, and to write themselves. As newcomers to the scholarly community, students can find that community's ways of reading and writing mysterious, unpredictable and intimidating. Academic Writing demystifies the scholarly genres, shedding light on their discursive conventions and on academic readers' expectations and values. Throughout, \u003cem\u003eAcademic Writing\u003c\/em\u003e respects the student writer; it engages the reader's interest without ever condescending, and it avoids the arbitrary and the dogmatic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book also offers abundant exercises to help the student develop techniques for working productively at each stage of the scholarly writing process; mastering and summarizing difficult scholarly sources; planning; and revising to create good working conditions for the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third edition of Giltrow's extremely successful book incorporates extensive revisions that integrate the theoretical perspectives of genre theory into the whole of the book in a more organic fashion; the changes are designed to make the book both more attuned to scholarly practice and more accessible to the undergraduate student.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiltrow's \u003cem\u003eAcademic Reading\u003c\/em\u003e is designed as an accompanying reader for Academic Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In no other composition text have I found as rich an explanation of qualitative research methods—a systematic approach to research and analysis.” — Nancie Burns-McCoy, University of Idaho\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAcademic Writing\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb book. It is steeped in contemporary rhetorical theory, packed with examples of writing in the disciplines, and full of unusual and effective exercises. The book is eminently practical: it helps the reader understand and enter into the discourse of academic life.” — Anthony Pare, Director, Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 Introducing Genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1A Hearing Voices\u003cbr\u003e1B Hearing Genres\u003cbr\u003e1C High-School vs. University Writing\u003cbr\u003e1D The University as Research Institution\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 Citation and Summary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e2A Introducing Scholarly Citation\u003cbr\u003e2B Is Citation Unique to Scholarly Writing?\u003cbr\u003e2C Why Do Scholars Use Citation?\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 Summary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e3A Noting for Gist\u003cbr\u003e3B Recording Levels\u003cbr\u003e3C Using Gist and Levels of Generality toWrite Summary\u003cbr\u003e3D Establishing the Summarizer’s Position\u003cbr\u003e3E Reporting Reporting\u003cbr\u003e3F Experts and Non-Experts\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 Challenging Situations for Summarizers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e4A High-Level Passages\u003cbr\u003e4B Low-Level Passages\u003cbr\u003e4C Summarizing Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 Readers Reading I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e5A Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?\u003cbr\u003e5B Traditions of Commentary on Student Writing\u003cbr\u003e5C An Alternative to Traditional Commentary:The Think-Aloud Protocol\u003cbr\u003e5D Adapting the Think-Aloud Protocol in theWriting Classroom\u003cbr\u003e5E Reading on Behalf of Others\u003cbr\u003e5F Reliability of Readers\u003cbr\u003e5G Presupposing vs. Asserting\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 Orchestrating Voices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e6A Making Speakers Visible: Writing as Conversation\u003cbr\u003e6B Orchestrating Scholarly Voices\u003cbr\u003e6C The Challenges of Non-Scholarly Voices\u003cbr\u003e6D Orchestrating Academic Textbooks and Popular Writing\u003cbr\u003e6E The Internet\u003cbr\u003e6F Research Proposals\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 Definition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e7A Dictionaries\u003cbr\u003e7B Appositions\u003cbr\u003e7C Sustained Definitions\u003cbr\u003e7D The Social Profile of Abstractions and TheirDifferent Roles in Different Disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 Introductions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e8A Generalization and Citation\u003cbr\u003e8B Reported Speech\u003cbr\u003e8C Documentation\u003cbr\u003e8D State of Knowledge and the Knowledge Deficit\u003cbr\u003e8E Student Versions of the Knowledge Deficit\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 Readers Reading II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e9A Think-Aloud and Genre Theory\u003cbr\u003e9B The Mental Desktop\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10 Scholarly Styles I: Nominal Style\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e10A Common and Uncommon Sense\u003cbr\u003e10B Is Scholarly Writing Unnecessarily Complicated,Exclusionary, or Elitist?\u003cbr\u003e10C Nominal Style: Syntactic Density\u003cbr\u003e10D Nominal Style: Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003e10E Sentence Style and Textual Coherence\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11 Scholarly Styles II: Messages about the Argument\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e11A Messages about the Argument\u003cbr\u003e11B The Discursive \u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11C Forecasts\u003cbr\u003e11D Emphasis\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12 Making and Maintaining Knowledge I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e12A Making Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e12B Method Sections\u003cbr\u003e12C Qualitative Method and Subject Position\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13 Making and Maintaining Knowledge II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e13A Modality\u003cbr\u003e13B Other Markers of the Status of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e13C Tense and the Story of Research\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e14 Conclusions and the Moral Compass of the Disciplines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e14A 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