Osei Yaw Akoto

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What's is 'academic' about academic writing?

I recently read an unpublished manuscript titled 'Why is academic writing so academic?' by Joshua Rothman (2014, https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/why-is-academic-writing-so-academic )....

04 April 2018 7,081 0 View

When is as study described corpus-based, corpus-driven or hybrid?

I want clarification to the above questions as it has been argued that any corpus linguistic study at least adopts one of these approaches.

07 July 2017 7,392 5 View

How is a critical review on an edited collection written? How do you approach such a review?

Mostly, one is asked to review an article in an edited collection. But in a situation when one is asked to review all the papers within the 'book', how does one approach this kind of critical review?

10 October 2014 5,555 3 View

Can somebody suggest to me journals that charge no submission or publication/processing fees that publish papers in applied linguistics?

In recent times, lots of journals require some charges or fees before papers are published. This is really a hindrance to emerging scholars who desire to communicate their knowledge through this...

04 April 2014 6,935 0 View

What is the best way of teaching 'spelling' to unversity students?

I want someone to help me with the appropriate approach and methodology to teaching 'spelling' to university students

12 December 2013 6,495 11 View

Is metadiscourse useful in academic writing?

Metadiscourse refers to the linguistic resources authors use to organise their propositional message, engage reader, etc.

01 January 2013 6,214 1 View

Is metadiscourse useful in academic writing?

Crismore et al. (1993) define metadiscourse as: "linguistic material in texts, written or spoken, which does not add anything to the propositional content but that is intended to help the listener...

01 January 2013 6,296 1 View