Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts
Swales, John M. & Feak, Christine B. 200903 The University of Michigan Press, 88p.
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■Swales, John M. & Feak, Christine B. 200903 Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts, The University of Michigan Press, 88p. ISBN-10: 0472033352 ISBN-13: 978-0472033355 [amazon]／［kinokuniya］
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This is a handy booklet for researchers/scholars writing abstracts. Today's research world demands a variety of different abstracts to serve different purposes. As a result, writing abstracts can be a difficult task for graduate and international students, researchers, and even practiced authors. "Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts" is designed to demystify the construction of this essential writing form and to equip scholars to summarize their work in clear and compelling ways. This volume represents a revision and expansion of the material on writing abstracts that appeared in English in "Today's Research World". "The Abstracts" volume focuses on abstracts for research articles before addressing abstracts for short communications, conferences, and Ph.D. dissertations. It also covers keywords, titles, and author names. Wherever appropriate within the text, Language Focus sections discuss options and provide tips for meeting specific linguistic challenges posed by the writing of different types of abstracts.
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General Introduction to the Volumes ix
Introduction to the Abstract Volume xiii
A Crucial First Step xiv
Research Article (RA) Abstracts 1
General Analysis of RA Abstracts 3
Specific Analyses 9
Getting Started (Moves 1 and 2) 9
Language Focus: Links between S1 and S2 11
Compressing Methods Descriptions (Move 3) 14
Moving On: Results (Move 4) 16
Language Focus: Main Results and That Clauses in
Traditional Abstracts 18
Concluding a Traditional Abstract (Move 5) 21
A Final Issue: A Need to Problematize in the Abstract? 23
Structured Research Article Abstracts 26
Statements of Objective 28
Language Focus: Opening the Conclusion Section 32
Abstracts for Short Communications 35
Conference Abstracts 43
A Closer Look at the Organization of Conference Abstracts 45
The Rating of Conference Abstracts 51
The Role of a Senior Author: An Example 52
The Problem of Promissory Abstracts 55
Conference Abstract Titles 57
Structured Conference Abstracts 60
Conference Program Abstracts or Summaries 63
PhD Dissertation Abstracts 67
Choosing Keywords 79
Appendix: Notes on Cross-Linguistic Issues 81
Sources 85
References 87
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