EAN: 9783034304269

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - DAVID HIRSH KA...

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.

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