Research Genres

Research Genres is a sequel to John Swales’ influential book, Genre Analysis. It opens with an account of today’s research world, its various configurations of genres, and the role of English within them. It then explores various theoretical and methodological issus, with a special emphasis on metaphors of genre. The last four chapters deal with important research genres, both spoken and written - the Ph.D dissertation, the dissertation defense, research group meetings and research talks, and journal articles.

Each of these chapters ends with suggestions for teaching practice. The volume closes with evaluations of contrastive rhetoric, applied corpus linguistics, and critical approaches to English for Academic Purposes. Research Genres provides a rich but accessible account of a key area of international professional life by an applied linguist who has devoted his career to its discoursal exploration. It will be of great interest to researchers and graduate students in applied linguistics.