Per Lysvåg

Denna bok finns även som e-bok med ISBN 9789140691194 och går att köpa via nätbokhandeln. Academic Writing in English är en bok för studerande på universitet och högskolor, som har svenska som modersmål, men som måste kunna formulera sig korrekt på engelska. Därför lyfter författarna i ett avsnitt fram grammatiska områden där missförstånd är särskilt vanliga. Målgruppen är alla studerande som inom ramen för sitt utbildningsprogram förväntas lämna in egenhändigt producerade texter på korrekt akademisk engelska. Boken är skriven på engelska. Boken inleds med en övergripande diskussion om vad som kännetecknar den akademiska textgenren, för att sedan föra läsaren genom skrivprocessens olika steg med särskilt fokus på olika texters stil. Särskild vikt läggs vid text konstruktion och bindning för att variera framställningen. Därefter riktas läsarens uppmärksamhet mot den enskilda satsen och hur mångordighet, bristfällig satskonstruktion och ett torftigt ordval kan försämra texten. Academic Writing in English ger läsaren både insikter och kunskap om vad som kännetecknar en välskriven akademisk text på engelska och praktiska råd kombinerade med övningar, så att läsaren på egenhand kan utveckla sitt språk. Kommentarer till bokens övningar med förslag på lösningar hittar man i e-boken: Academic Writing in English – Suggested answers. Boken har skrivits av docenterna Per Lysvåg och Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden vid Oslo universitet. De har tillsammans med Per Otterstedt, adjunkt vid Uppsala universitet, arbetat fram den svenska upplagan.

Academic writing in English is primarily intended for students in higher education. We have in mind students who are expected to hand in independently produced English as part of their programme requirements, for example in the form of assigned term papers, practice reports or a final thesis. But the book also offers valuable advice for non-students, for people in diverse professions who are assumed to possess good writing skills, but may not have them. We adopt an approach that gradually narrows the focus. We start out with a general discussion of the genre academic writing and its linguistic characteristics. We take students through the stages in the writing process, raising their awareness of the nature of the writing task and the appropriate level of style that the task requires. We also discuss matters of text cohesion, which is crucially important in text production. Most of these aspects can be referred to as macro-level concerns. Then, zooming in on the micro-level, the sentence level, we focus on problems that detract from the quality of any academic text, such as impoverished vocabulary, syntactic breakdowns and lack of compactness; Norwegian writers need to learn how to compress more meaning into fewer words. There is also a condensed presentation of the contrastive dimension, the main areas of grammar where Norwegian and English differ. A special chapter, central in all academic writing, presents the standard conventions for correctly acknowledging, referring to and quoting text-external voices. Plagiarism has no place in academic writing. It also includes advice on bibliography-making. Academic writing in English provides its users with academic insight into the characteristics of well-written texts and offers practical advice on how to attain the same level in their own writing. The book is amply illustrated and includes innumerable exercises.

The key is an indispensable tool for any serious student of English preparing for a language examination in a bachelor college or university program. The present volume provides a key to all exercise material in the main text: English Grammar: Theory and Use (Universitetsforlaget 2012). It also includes some general advice on how to go about writing grammar papers of different types, both practical and more theoretical. The suggested answers are in line with the general framework of the main text, but contain little elaboration or discussion.

Denne grammatikken er skrevet for bachelorstudenter på universitets- og høyskolenivå. Den gir en konsis, men likevel omfattende beskrivelse av de sentrale områdene i engelsk grammatikk. Grammatikk er ikke bare et verktøy for å lære et språk, men også en inngang til forståelse for hvordan språk fungerer. Boka gir - som tittelen indikerer - både praktisk og teoretisk innsikt. Alle kapitlene har idiomatiske eksempler og mange sammenligninger med norsk grammatikk, spesielt på de områdene der norskspråklige har tendens til å gjøre feil. Boka er altså også en bruksgrammatikk. Den hjelper studentene til å bli bevisst hvordan grammatiske konstruksjoner virker i ulike typer muntlig og skriftlig engelsk. Hvert kapittel inneholder rikelig med øvelsesstoff. Andreutgaven er gjennomrevidert og oppdatert og har en litt endret kapittelstruktur. Blant annet er det kommet inn mer stoff om språkbruk, teksttyper og genre, og mange av oppgavene og eksemplene er nye. Til læreboka hører en fasit: Key to Exercises ISBN 9788215018973. A concise but fairly comprehensive description of the central areas of English grammar. This book is addressed to university and college students of English at the undergraduate level. For these students, grammar should not just be a tool in learning the language; it should also give insight into how the language works. As indicated by the title, the aim is to provide both practice and theoretical insight. To increase the practical utility of the book, the authors frequently draw attention to differences between Norwegian and English that are likely to cause difficulties for Norwegian learners, and they provide a great deal of exercise material. This new edition is thoroughly revised and has a slightly revised chapter organization. Among other things, it pays more attention to aspects of language use such as formality, text type and genre, and many of the examples and exercises are new. A Key to Exercises is provided in a separate volume: ISBN 9788215018973.