Bøger af Roxanne Barbara Doerr

«The contribution of Dr Doerr¿s book is beyond measure. Her research relies on highly sophisticated methodology with invaluable practical applications in academic style editing for scholars who are non-native speakers of English. Academic Style Proofreading stands to become vital for readers from across the globe engaged in scholarly publication.»(John Casey Gooch, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Literature, University of Texas at Dallas, USA)«This book explicates the roles of hybridised professions in academic publishing and offers a fresh and thought-provoking corpus stylistics analysis of academic style proofreading. The author starts an important and timely conversation about explanations and treatment of academic style in the spirit of moving towards a more inclusive international academic discourse community. Its insights will be an invaluable resource to academics and publishing professionals alike.»(Karen Dwyer, PhD, Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern English Grammar and Research Methodology, University College London)In the current international context, it is increasingly required to write not only «correctly» but also in accordance with the stylistic expectations of the academic community. However, because academic style and its standards are only mentioned ¿ if not glossed over ¿ in textbooks and journal guidelines, many non-native students and scholars receive their linguistically correct papers with recommendations to «revise the English» but are unable to comprehend where the problem lies or how to address it. Moreover, change in and confusion among the language professionals who are in a position to assist these scholars ¿ that is, revisors, copyeditors and proofreaders ¿ impedes any clarity in terms of who should rework academic style before submission and publication.This volume seeks to unpack the concept of «academic style proofreading» and its components through a multifaceted analysis including methodologies such as terminology, corpus stylistics and error analysis. This is intended to define the purpose and intricacies of this new aspect of academic writing and present common errors in academic style, as well as possible proofreading solutions, in economics and the humanities. In doing so, the book presents an assessment of the issues, methods and implications of academic style proofreading for research, professional and educational purposes.

Document from the year 2019 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, University of Brescia, language: English, abstract: After outlining the potential of the use of professional blogs in general, the present study will focus on three separate but interconnected studies that present telling examples of their use at the service of a profession undergoing a change in image (office workers), a pioneering profession in need of validation within the scientific community and connection with potential users (media psychologists), and a highly specialised profession with a culture and lifestyle of its own for its professionals and their family members (the American military).By analysing the multimodal, textual, discursive, linguistic and rhetorical dimensions of these blogs, the study sheds light on particularities of professional online discourse and concludes by observing how the situation of these professions and blogs have developed and how they reflect trends on online discourse and in professional practices and interpersonal relationships.In today¿s highly digitalised and communicative world, information is no longer produced and presented as a product to be merely consumed. Rather, it has become a negotiated flow that is adapted based on the needs of a determined professional community of practice. This expansion has contributed to an ongoing democratising change in power of and over discourse concerning both traditional and emerging professions, as testified by the increasing use of new and social media, which have become an important tool for companies, employers and employees alike.In such a context, blogs have gradually become essential and widely accessible points of reference and knowledge dissemination for developing fields and issues and stand out as a hybrid and idiosyncratic solution within an environment self-directed discourse.