chapter 1  avery peculiar practicesection one  writing  research and genres  chapter 2  researching writing  chapter 3  writing in the university: education, knowledge and reputation  chapter 4   genre-based pedagogies: a social response to processsection two  interaction academic writing  chapter 5  stance and engagement: a model of interaction in academic discourse  chapter 6  metadiscourse in academic writing: a reappraisal  chapter 7  community and individuality: performing identity in applied linguisticssection three  features academic writing  chapter 8  humble servants of the discipline? self-mention in research articles  181  chapter 9  academic attribution: citation and the construction of disciplinary knowledge  chapter 10  is there an "academic vocabulary"?  chapter 11  as can be seen: lexical bundles and disciplinary variationsection four some genres of academic writing  chapter 12  dissertation acknowledgements: the anatomy of a cinderella genre  chapter 13  construacting proximity: relating to readers in popular and professional science  chapter 14  the presentation of self in scholarly life: identity and marginalization in academic homepagessection five  teaching academic writing  chapter 15  nurturing hedges in the esp curriculum  chapter 16  specificity revisited: how far should we go now?  chapter 17  sugaring the pill: praise and criticism inwritten feedback  chapter 18  conclusion: a never-ending storyreferencesacknowledgement