John M. Swales
List of John Benjamins publications for which John M. Swales plays a role.
2014 1990. Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, selected 45–47, 52–60 The Discourse Studies Reader: Main currents in theory and analysis, Angermuller, Johannes, Dominique Maingueneau and Ruth Wodak (eds.), pp. 306–316 | Article
2012 Preface Corpus-Informed Research and Learning in ESP: Issues and applications, Boulton, Alex, Shirley Carter-Thomas and Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet (eds.), pp. vii–x | Preface
2011 Arabic and English abstracts in bilingual language science journals: Same or different? Languages in Contrast 11:1, pp. 70–86 | 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
2011 A critical view on the use of corpora Perspectives 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
2009 Chapter 3. The concept of task Task-Based Language Teaching: A reader, Van den Branden, Kris, Martin Bygate and John M. Norris (eds.), pp. 41–56 | Article
2000 “Geological Setting/Cadre Géologique” in English and French Petrology Articles: Muted Indications of Explored Places Analysing Professional Genres, Trosborg, Anna (ed.), pp. 57–76 | Article
1996 Occluded Genres in the Academy: The Case of the Submission Letter Academic Writing: Intercultural and textual issues, Ventola, Eija and Anna Mauranen (eds.), pp. 45–58 | Article
