11 Creativity, conformity and complexity in academic writing

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 Applied linguistics at the interface 1
4. 2 The agonism and the ecstacy: conflict and argument in applied linguistics 11
5. 3 The effects of structured input activities and explicit information on the acquisition of gender agreement in Italian and the simple past in Spanish 29
6. 4 Chinese-speaking childrens’ awareness of English phonological units 47
7. 5 Subverting conversational repair in a hostile email discussion 63
8. 6 Citation analysis: a multidisciplinary perspective on academic literacy 79
9. 7 The L2 learner corpus: reviewing its potential for the early stages of learning 91
10. 8 Composing competence: how L1 and L2 writing experience interact 105
11. 9 Frame shifting and identity construction during whole class instruction 119
12. 10 English in Africa and the emergence of Afro-Saxons: globalization or marginalization? 133
13. 11 Creativity, conformity and complexity in academic writing 145
14. 12 A Cantonese syllabary for English soccer 157
15. 13 Motivation in foreign language learning 167
16. List of contributors 181