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Book: Writing Research Proposals in Applied Linguistics

Chapter: Developing your Academic 'Voice'

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.33184

Blurb:

• Making your argument coherent, persuasive and believable: Giving your voice to your academic argument


• Building on authority but adding your perspective


• Discerning (but not plagiarising) the voices of others in what you read


• Why discourse choices are crucial in building and expressing your voice


• A Research Proposal as an interplay of voices: direct and indirect, yours and others’





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Chapter Contributors

  • Jean Brick (Jean.Brick@mq.edu.au - jbrick) 'Macquarie University'