{"product_id":"disciplinary-discourses-ken-hyland-9780472030248","title":"Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing","description":"Why do engineers \"report\" while philosophers \"argue\" and biologists \"describe\"? In the Michigan Classics Edition of \u003ci\u003eDisciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting\u003c\/i\u003e, Ken Hyland examines the relationships between the cultures of academic communities and their unique discourses. Drawing on discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and the voices of professional insiders, Ken Hyland explores how academics use language to organize their professional lives, carry out intellectual tasks, and reach agreement on what will count as knowledge. In addition, \u003ci\u003eDisciplinary Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e presents a useful framework for understanding the interactions between writers and their readers in published academic writing. From this framework, Hyland provides practical teaching suggestions and points out opportunities for further research within the subject area. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs issues of linguistic and rhetorical expression of disciplinary conventions are becoming more central to teachers, students, and researchers, the careful analysis and straightforward style of \u003ci\u003eDisciplinary Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e make it a remarkable asset. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Michigan Classics Edition features a new preface by the author and a new foreword by John M. Swales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Hyland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472030248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472030248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press ELT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Ken Hyland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748340543743,"sku":"9780472030248","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disciplinary-discourses-ken-hyland-9780472030248","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}