Abstracts and the writing of abstracts 9780472033355, 0472033352

Table of contents :
Research Article (RA) Abstracts --
General Analysis of RA Abstracts --
Specific Analyses --
Getting Started (Moves 1 and 2) --
Language Focus: Links between S1 and S2 --
Compressing Methods Descriptions (Move 3) --
Moving On: Results (Move 4) --
Language Focus: Main Results and That Clauses in Traditional Abstracts --
Concluding a Traditional Abstract (Move 5) --
A Final Issue: A Need to Problematize in the Abstract? --
Structured Research Article Abstracts --
Statements of Objective --
Language Focus: Opening the Conclusion Section --
Abstracts for Short Communications --
Conference Abstracts --
A Closer Look at the Organization of Conference Abstracts --
The Rating of Conference Abstracts --
The Role of a Senior Author: An Example --
The Problem of Promissory Abstracts --
Conference Abstract Titles --
Structured Conference Abstracts --
Conference Program Abstracts or Summaries --
PhD Dissertation Abstracts --
Choosing Keywords --
Appendix: Notes on Cross-Linguistic Issues.

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