English for Writing Research Papers
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 Engl...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7922-3 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction.- Part 1. Writing Skills.- Chapter 1. Planning and Preparation
- Chapter 2. Word Order.- Chapter 3. Breaking Up Long Sentences
- Chapter 4. Structuring Paragraphs and Sentences
- Chapter 5. Being Concise and Removing Redundancy
- Chapter 6. Avoiding ambiguity and vagueness
- Chapter 7. Clarifying Who Did What
- Chapter 8. Highlighting Your Findings
- Chapter 9. Hedging and Criticising
- Chapter 10. Paraphrashing and Plagiarism
- Part 2. Sections of a Paper
- Chapter 11. Titles
- Chapter 12. Abstracts
- Chapter 13
- Introduction
- Chapter 14
- Review of the Literature
- Chapter 15
- Methods
- Chapter 16. Results
- Chapter 17. Discussion
- Chapter 18. Conclusions
- Chapter 19. Useful Phrases
- Chapter 20. The Final Check
- Links and References
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Contact the Author
- Index.