Clarity and Coherence in Academic Writing: Using Language as a Resource

This book provides an introduction to the key concepts and tools for developing clarity and coherence in academic writing, with examples from a wide range of academic and non-academic sources. It makes complex concepts accessible to emergent writers and illustrates how they can be applied to their own writing.

Format: Hardback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 14 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book offers a lively, comprehensive, and concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools for enhancing clarity and coherence in academic writing. Renowned authors and linguists David Nunan and Julie Choi assert that becoming a skilled writer is a lifelong journey. They elucidate and offer examples of linguistic techniques that writers can employ to improve clarity and coherence for the reader. While the emphasis is on academic writing, these procedures are applicable to all forms of writing. This resource facilitates the understanding of complex concepts for emerging writers and demonstrates how they can be applied to their own writing. The authors provide examples from a diverse range of academic and non-academic sources, including their own work and the writing of their students. In-text projects and tasks encourage readers to experiment with principles and ideas in developing their unique identity and voice as writers.

This book offers a lively, comprehensive, and concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools for enhancing clarity and coherence in academic writing. Renowned authors and linguists David Nunan and Julie Choi assert that becoming a skilled writer is a lifelong journey. They elucidate and offer examples of linguistic techniques that writers can employ to improve clarity and coherence for the reader. While the emphasis is on academic writing, these procedures are applicable to all forms of writing. This resource facilitates the understanding of complex concepts for emerging writers and demonstrates how they can be applied to their own writing. The authors provide examples from a diverse range of academic and non-academic sources, including their own work and the writing of their students. In-text projects and tasks encourage readers to experiment with principles and ideas in developing their unique identity and voice as writers.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032015590