Overview
- Includes hundreds of real-life examples
- Ideal study-guide for universities and research institutes
- Great tool for improving English language skills
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: English for Academic Research (EAR)
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on the reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage, style and grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers.
English for Academic Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar covers those areas of English usage that typically cause researchers difficulty: articles (a/an, the), uncountable nouns, tenses (e.g., simple present, simple past, present perfect), modal verbs, active vs. passive form, relative clauses, infinitive vs. -ing form, the genitive, noun strings, link words (e.g., moreover, in addition), quantifiers (e.g., each vs. every), word order, prepositions, acronyms, abbreviations, numbers and measurements, punctuation, and spelling. Due to its focus on the specific errors that repeatedly appear in papers written by non-native authors, this manual is an ideal study guide for use in universities and research institutes.
The book is cross-referenced with the following titles:
• English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises
• English for Academic Research: Vocabulary Exercises
• English for Academic Research: Writing Exercises
• English for Writing Research Papers
Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 English Language Teaching (ELT) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from 40 countries to prepare and give presentations. Since 1984 he has been revising research manuscripts through his own proofreading and editing service.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 English Language Teaching (ELT) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from 40 countries to prepare and give presentations. Since 1984 he has been revising research manuscripts through his own proofreading and editing service.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style
Authors: Adrian Wallwork
Series Title: English for Academic Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-1593-0Published: 26 October 2012
Series ISSN: 2625-3445
Series E-ISSN: 2625-3453
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 252
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Grammar, Professional & Vocational Education, Syntax