Academic Style Proofreading: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781800797307 / Angielski

Graeme Davis; Karl Bernhardt; Roxanne Barbara Doerr

Opis

Academic style and its standards are often unclear to students and scholars. This book aims to unpack the concept of "academic style proofreading" using methodologies including terminology, corpus stylistics and error analysis, presenting common errors and possible proofreading solutions. For research, professional and educational use.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction - Proofreading: Shifting definitions, demands and profiles - Publishing in academia is a matter of 'style' - Style and stylistics in academic English and proofreading - Methodology, dataset and areas of interest - Qualitative analysis and main findings - Concluding remarks and considerations.

O autorze

ROXANNE BARBARA DOERR (PhD) is a researcher in English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Brescia (Italy). She also translates, revises and proofreads academic papers and volume chapters for publication in various fields. Her research areas include English for Specific and Academic Purposes, military discourse, military language teaching and learning, online discourse communities, Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies and Corpus Stylistics. Her most recent publications include the book Communicating Professions Via Blog: An applied linguistics approach (2019) and essays on the above-mentioned research areas in national and international peer-reviewed journals and volumes.