Amazon.com description: Product Description: An exploration of the most important themes in researching and teaching the use of the English language in academic writing. The contributors are all influential scholars in the area of academic literacy, working in Britain, western Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States. * The social and cultural context of academic writing * Differences between academic and non-academic text * The analysis of particular text types * Variation of style, structure and usage within and across disciplines * Applications of theory in the teaching of writing.