Focusing on the introductions to research articles in a variety of disciplines, the author uses appraisal theory to analyze how writers bring together multiple resources to develop their positions in the flow of discourse. It will be most useful for researchers new to appraisal, and to EAP teachers.

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University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Susan Hood

About the author

SUSAN HOOD is a senior lecturer in TESOL and applied linguistics at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia, where she teaches postgraduate courses in discourse analysis, research perspectives and teaching EAP. She has taught, researched and published in the field of academic literacy in Hong Kong and in Australia.

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Book Title: Appraising Research: Evaluation in Academic Writing
Authors: Susan Hood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274662
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55349-1Published: 13 May 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27466-2Published: 13 May 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 227
Topics: Language Teaching, Linguistics, general, Language Education, Language and Literature

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Evaluation in Academic English

Establishing a Warrant for Research

Writing with Attitude

Attitude and Field in Academic Writing

Prosodies of Attitude

Legitimising Space for New Knowledge: Disciplinary Differences

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