Abstract
• Studies of academic writing employ a range of corpus linguistic techniques
• Studies have examined a diverse range of professional, student and research genres
• Studies reveal routine organisation and features of different genres and show clear disciplinary preferences for expressing ideas and structuring arguments.
• Language choices vary between genres, disciplines, first language speakers, contexts and over time.
• Academic conventions constrain both meanings and author identities, but also provide the resources for creativity and agency.
• More work needs to be done, particularly on less visible genres, multimodal texts and the impact on AI on academic writing.
• Studies have examined a diverse range of professional, student and research genres
• Studies reveal routine organisation and features of different genres and show clear disciplinary preferences for expressing ideas and structuring arguments.
• Language choices vary between genres, disciplines, first language speakers, contexts and over time.
• Academic conventions constrain both meanings and author identities, but also provide the resources for creativity and agency.
• More work needs to be done, particularly on less visible genres, multimodal texts and the impact on AI on academic writing.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | International Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics |
| Editors | Hilary Nesi, P. Milin |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2025 |