Genres across the Disciplines: Student Writing in Higher Education

Hilary Nesi; Sheena Gardner

Genres across the Disciplines: Student Writing in Higher Education

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Abstract

Genres across the Disciplines presents the first detailed descriptive account of assessed writing in UK higher education sectors across more than 30 disciplines, from first year undergraduate to postgraduate level. The authors apply a sophisticated framework to examine how the core functions of explaining, developing arguments, reporting research and preparing for professional life shape the writing produced by university students.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ISBN (Print)	9780521149594
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Keywords

student writing
higher education
BAWE corpus
linguistics

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Nesi, H., & Gardner, S. (2012). Genres across the Disciplines: Student Writing in Higher Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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