Writing Readable Research - A Guide for Students of Social Science - Beverly Lewin
Understanding Genre Analysis—Introductions
Writing Readable Research - A Guide for Students of Social Science - Beverly Lewin
Beverly Lewin [+]
Tel Aviv University
Beverly A. Lewin has extensive experience in teaching scientific writing to Ph.D. students from non - English speaking backgrounds, in various social sciences, as well as in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology. Her research focuses on scientific discourse, especially genre analysis and managing interpersonal relations in texts (hedging and criticism). Publications include Expository Discourse: A Genre-Based Approach to Social Science Texts (co-authored with Jonathan Fine and Lynne Young, Continuum, 2001) and The Sword and the Word: Criticism in the Academy (co-edited with Françoise Salager-Meyer, Peter Lang, forthcoming).
Description
Within scientific writing there are a number of different genres, for example a scientific article. Each genre then is made up of a number of sub-genres, for example, introduction and conclusion. This chapter considers the structure of introductions. Topics Covered: What Are the Expected Structures in Introductions; literature reviews; order; context