Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Language and Discipline Perspectives on Academic Discourse
Kjersti Fl Ttum
€ 29.93
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Language and Discipline Perspectives on Academic Discourse
Paperback. .
This book represents the physical outcome of the symposium Academic Voices in Contrast , organised at the University of Bergen, Norway, in May 2006. The symposium, focusing on recent research within the field of academic discourse, was initiated and organised by the KIAP project (Cultural Identity in Academic Prose; see www.uib.no/kiap/). In this project, a special focus has been put on the study of the voice(s) of the academic author, in the doubly contrastive perspective of language and discipline. A narrow selection of distinguished scholars were invited to participate at the symposium. They were asked to address issues related ... Read more
This book represents the physical outcome of the symposium Academic Voices in Contrast , organised at the University of Bergen, Norway, in May 2006. The symposium, focusing on recent research within the field of academic discourse, was initiated and organised by the KIAP project (Cultural Identity in Academic Prose; see www.uib.no/kiap/). In this project, a special focus has been put on the study of the voice(s) of the academic author, in the doubly contrastive perspective of language and discipline. A narrow selection of distinguished scholars were invited to participate at the symposium. They were asked to address issues related ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781443800464
SKU
V9781443800464
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kjersti Fl Ttum
The editor, Kjersti Flottum is Professor of French linguistics and Vice-Rector for international relations at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her main research fields are textlinguistics, genre theory, linguistic polyphony, academic discourse and political discourse. She is co-author of ScaPoLine. La theorie scandinave de la polyphonie linguistique (Kime 2004) and Academic Voices (Benjamins 2006).
Reviews for Language and Discipline Perspectives on Academic Discourse
The volume as a whole brings together a truly unique variety of voices and intellectual resources that distinguish it from other monographs and volumes on academic discourse. A particularly attractive feature is that among the globally diffused methods represented, academic voices of the Nordic region can be distinguished and appreciated, in the KIAP project and others. This range is made ... Read more