English Academic Writing: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Studieren, aber richtig)

Are you involved in writing theses, journal articles, book chapters or monographs? Then this is the book for you. It analyses seven ‘pillars’ of English academic writing: well-planned texts; well-designed paragraphs; well-constructed sentences; reader-friendly punctuation; cohesive devices that make the text ‘hang together’; well-chosen and well-used citations; and the means by which readers are guided through a text and persuaded by it.

Written in an accessible style, English Academic Writing offers

• Over 200 best-practice examples from real research texts
• Hands-on language tips in ‘Toolboxes’
• ‘Makeovers’ showing how texts can be improved
• ‘In brief’ mini-summaries at key junctures in the text
• ‘Takeaways’ for each chapter
• A bank of phrases realising key functions of academic English

Table of Contents Introduction: Seven pillars of academic writing
1. Creativity and constraints: Planning research texts
2. One step at a time: Designing paragraphs
3. Focus and flow: Constructing sentences
4. Breath marks: Punctuation
5. Only connect: Cohesion
6. Your words, not mine: Citations
7. Follow me: Guiding and persuading the reader
Appendix 1: Conference presentations
Appendix 2: Grant proposals
Appendix 3: Phrasebank for academic writing
List of references
Index