Expressing Critical Thinking through Disciplinary Texts: Insights from Five Genre Studies

by Ian Bruce

Book Overview

Exploring how critical thinking is expressed in writing, this book investigates the specific linguistic elements involved in this process. Ian Bruce takes a genre-based approach to compare the textual expression of critical thinking in samples of academic, professional and journalistic writing, using five studies to examine the similarities and differences in the elements deployed across different genres.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350193089
• ISBN13: 9781350193086
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"