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Writing for scholars : a practical guide to making sense & being heard
- Author
- Nygaard, Lynn P., author.
- Title
- Writing for scholars : a practical guide to making sense & being heard / Lynn P. Nygaard.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 2nd edition.
- Published
- Los Angeles : Sage Publications Inc., [2015] ©2015
- Description
- xii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Notes
- Originally published: Scandinavian University Press in cooperation with LIBER and Copenhagen Business School Press, 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English.
- Contents
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- Introduction : Entering the conversation
- Getting started : developing good writing habits
- The 'I' in (social) science : objectivity, transparency and argument
- Who are you talking to? defining your audience
- What do you want to say? forming your core argument
- How are you going to say it? developing your structure
- Breaking up the grey mass : headings, figures and tables
- Holding up the mirror : giving and receiving feedback
- Saying it out loud : presenting your paper
- Delivering the goods : following author guidelines and submitting your manuscript.
- Subject headings
- Academic writing. English language--Rhetoric.
- ISBN
- 9781446282533 (hardback) 1446282538 (hardback) 9781446282540 (paperback) 1446282546 (paperback) 9788215025551 (Norway) 8215025552 (Norway)