Expressing Critical Thinking through Disciplinary Texts: Insights from Five Genre Studies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350193086)

Exploring how critical thinking is expressed in writing, this book investigates the specific linguistic elements involved in this process. Ian Bruce takes a genre-based approach to compare the textual expression of critical thinking in samples of academic, professional and journalistic writing, using five studies to examine the similarities and differences in the elements deployed across different genres.

Looking at phenomena such as the relations between propositions and words which express the writer's personal attitude, content-organizing patterns, and the role of metaphor, this book highlights the most important contributory factors in the expression of critical thinking. Providing an in-depth exploration of how it is articulated through different types of specialist writing, this book provides a lens to both examine texts and to identify and practice this skill.

Author: Ian Bruce
ISBN-10: 1350193089
ISBN-13: 9781350193086
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2022
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d