English for writing research papers / (Record no. 132389)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781441979216
Terms of availability £22.99
Qualifying information paperback
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Original cataloging agency DLC
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Personal name Wallwork, Adrian.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title English for writing research papers /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Adrian Wallwork.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Springer,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxii, 325 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to: prepare and structure a manuscript increase readability, and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguity; plan and organize your paper, and structure each paragraph and each sentence so that the reader can easily follow the logical build-up towards various conclusions; write a title and an abstract that will attract attention and be read decide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc); select from over 700 useful phrases; highlight your claims and contribution; avoid plagiarism and make it 100% clear whether you are referring to your own work or someone else's; choose the correct tenses and style (active or passive). The book also includes around 700 useful phrases for use in any kind for research paper.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Report writing.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
General subdivision Technical English
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Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
General subdivision Rhetoric
9 (RLIN) 6387
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Technical writing.
9 (RLIN) 13437
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
Form subdivision Textbooks for foreign speakers
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Literature.
Source of heading or term ukslc
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Educational: Sciences, general science
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Adult education, continuous learning
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Language teaching & learning
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Science: general issues
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Writing & editing guides
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Not Withdrawn Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged Available for Loan ATU Mayo ATU Mayo General Shelves 23/11/2012 22.69 3 1 808.066 WAL J165054 31/03/2023 17/02/2023 22.69 05/04/2017 General