LINGUIST List 21.2388 Fri May 28 2010 Books: Discourse Analysis/Lexicography/Semantics: Hirsh Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.    Christian Bieri, Academic Vocabulary in Context: Hirsh Message 1: Academic Vocabulary in Context: Hirsh Date: 27-May-2010 From: Christian Bieri <publicitypeterlang.com> Subject: Academic Vocabulary in Context: Hirsh E-mail this message to a friend Title: Academic Vocabulary in Context Series Title: Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and Communication. Vol. 118 Published: 2010 Publisher: Peter Lang AG                 http://www.peterlang.com Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=4&vSiteName=BookDetail%2Ecfm&VID=430426 Author: David Hirsh Paperback: ISBN: 9783034304269 Pages: 217 Price: U.S. $ 58.95 Paperback: ISBN: 9783034304269 Pages: 217 Price: U.K. £ 34.20 Paperback: ISBN: 9783034304269 Pages: 217 Price: Europe EURO 38.00 Comment: For Germany EURO 40.70, for Austria EURO 41.80 (incl. VAT) Abstract: Academic texts present subject-specific ideas within a subject-independent framework. This book accounts for the presence of academic words in academic writing by exploring recurring patterns of function in texts representing different subject areas. The book presents a framework which describes academic word use at the ideational, textual and interpersonal levels. Functional categories are presented and illustrated which explain the role of academic words alongside general purpose and technical terms. The author examines biomedical research articles, and journal articles from arts, commerce and law. A comparable analysis focuses on university textbook chapters. Case studies investigate patterns of functionality within the main sections of research articles, compare word use in academic and non-academic texts reporting on the same research, and explore the carrier word function of academic vocabulary. The study concludes by looking at historical and contemporary processes which have shaped the presence of academic vocabulary in the English lexicon. Contents: Academic vocabulary - Theoretical contributions to a functional framework - A functional framework for classifying academic word use - Sections of a biomedical research article - Biomedical research articles - Research articles across subject areas - Textbook chapters across subject areas - Comparison of journal and newspaper texts - Carrier words. The Author: David Hirsh is a lecturer in TESOL at the University of Sydney. His main research areas are vocabulary development, second language assessment, and academic adjustment. His research has appeared in Reading in a Foreign Language and Revue Française de Linguistique Appliquée, and in the volumes Teaching Academic Writing and the Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. He is associate editor of the University of Sydney Papers in TESOL. 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