Cornelia C. Paraskevas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Writing. She taught at Western Oregon University for 32 years. She is the author of Exploring Grammar Through Texts: Reading and Writing the Structure of English (2020) and co-author (with M. E. Sargent) of Conversations about Writing: Eavesdropping, Inkshedding, and Joining In (2004).

Deborah F. Rossen-Knill is a professor in the University of Rochester's Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program and the program's founding and executive director. She co-authored with Tatyana Bakhmetyeva Including Students in Academic Conversations: Principles and Strategies for Teaching Theme-Based Writing Courses Across the Disciplines (2011) and co-edited with Craig Hancock the Journal of Teaching Writing William Vande Kopple Memorial Issue (2021)

Acknowledgements

Question 1: Why and How You Might Want to Use this Handbook?

Question 2: The Evolving Handbook: What Is the Purpose of a Handbook?

Question 3: What is Academic English?

Question 4: What Words are Typical in Academic Writing?

Question 5: How and Why do we Create Longer Sentences?

Question 6: How do we Achieve Economy? What Makes Academic Language Particularly Hard?

Question 7: How and Why do we Add Detail to Nouns and Verbs Using Words and Phrases?

Question 8: How and Why do we Guide Readers with Punctuation?

Question 9: How and Why do we Create Effective Paragraphs?

Question 10: How and Why do Writers Express their Point of View, Guide Readers and Interact with Them?

Question 11: Why and How do we Document our Research?

Appendix A: Grammar Essentials for Writers

Appendix B: Function Words

Index