This volume provides a detailed and explicit account of the genre of social science research articles. While previous literature has analyzed some aspects of the research genre separately, this book presents a comprehensive model, which characterizes the generic, registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a text.

Any piece of primary research ought to be preceded by a systematic review. The key advantage of a systematic review over the traditional narrative review is its ability to identify all the available evidence in a systematic and relicable manner. This book describes a? the key steps to undertaking a systematic review and b/ the process of untertaking a meta-analysis. The book includes step-by-step examples of how to design data extraction forms, search strategies and combine in a meta-analysis.

This volume provides a detailed and explicit account of the genre of social science research articles. While previous literature has analyzed some aspects of the research genre separately, this book presents a comprehensive model, which characterizes the generic, registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a text.

No one could mistake seventeen-year-old Rachel Barkley for a southern belle. She was, after all, raised in the North on the edge of the untamed western frontier. But one might say that her birthplace suited her well. An extended visit to a relative's Mississippi plantation a few months before the start of the Civil War opened up a whole different world to Rachel and her sister, Emily. And it exposed Rachel's southern acquaintances to a different kind of girl, sometimes to their amusement, and sometimes to their dismay. In Mississippi, Rachel met the wealthy Randolph family - Mr. & Mrs....