John M. Swales

List of John Benjamins publications for which John M. Swales plays a role.

Articles

Swales, John M. 2012 PrefaceCorpus-Informed Research and Learning in ESP: Issues and applications, Boulton, Alex, Shirley Carter-Thomas and Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet (eds.), pp. vii–x | Article
Although Arabic is a language with a long scholarly tradition, relatively little is known about the rhetorical and linguistic features of contemporary Arabic prose. In this paper, we examine 28 Arabic and English paired abstracts dealing with the language sciences drawn from three journals. The… read more
Swales, John M. 2011 A critical view on the use of corporaPerspectives on Corpus Linguistics, Viana, Vander, Sonia Zyngier and Geoff Barnbrook (eds.), pp. 221–228 | Article
Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan (United States), John Swales initially warns his readers that he is not an insider when it comes to the foundations of Corpus Linguistics. Perhaps this detachment allows him to report on how he changed his understanding of the corpus approach from a… read more
Swales, John M. 2009 Chapter 3. The concept of taskTask-Based Language Teaching: A reader, Van den Branden, Kris, Martin Bygate and John M. Norris (eds.), pp. 41–56 | Article
Swales, John M. 1996 Occluded Genres in the Academy: The Case of the Submission LetterAcademic Writing: Intercultural and textual issues, Ventola, Eija and Anna Mauranen (eds.), pp. 45 ff. | Article