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English for Academic Research: Writing Exercises

This book is based on a study of referees’ reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problem with English (long sentences, redundancy, poor structure etc.). It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallwork, Adrian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:English for Academic Research
Subjects:
Humanities And Social Sciences
Communication
Humanities
Media And Communication
Social Sciences
Language Education
Language And Languages / Study And Teaching
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Punctuation and Spelling
  • 2. Word Order
  • 3. Writing Short Sentences and Paragraphs
  • 4. Link Words: Connecting Phrases and Sentences Together
  • 5. Being Concise and Removing Redundancy
  • 6. Ambiguity and Political Correctness
  • 7. Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism
  • 8. Defining, Comparing, Evaluating, and Highlighting
  • 9. Anticipating Possible Objections, Indicating Level of Certainty, Discussing Limitations, Hedging, Future Work
  • 10. Writing Each Section of a Paper
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author
  • Editing Service
  • Index

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