Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : exploring the interface between corpus linguistics and discourse analysis / Maggie Charles, Diane Pecorari and Susan Hunston -- Schematic structure and lexico-grammatical realization in corpus-based genre analysis : the case of Research in the PhD literature review / John Flowerdew and Richard W. Forest -- Persuading sponsors and securing funding : rhetorical patterns in grant proposals / Dimitra Koutsantoni -- Verbal and mental processes in academic disciplines / Jasper Holmes and Hilary Nesi -- In the wake of the terror : phraseological tools of time setting in the narrative of history / Marina Bondi -- Formulaic language in biology : a topic-specific investigation / Diane Pecorari -- Corpus informed discourse analysis : the case of academic engagement / Ken Hyland -- E-conferencing : corpus and discourse insights / Ann Hewings, Caroline Coffin and Sarah North -- Stance, interaction and the rhetorical patterns of restrictive adverbs : discourse roles of only, just, simply and merely / Maggie Charles -- A dialogic account of authority in academic writing / Ramona Tang -- Lexical verbs in academic discourse : a corpus-driven study of learner use / Sylviane Granger and Magali Paquot -- Linking adverbials in student and professional writing in literary studies : what makes writing mature / Philip Shaw -- Variation in the writing of economics students in Britain and Pakistan : the case of conjunctive ties / S. Amina Gardezi and Hilary Nesi -- Can I use headings in my essay? : section headings, macrostructures and genre families in the BAWE corpus of student writing / Sheena Gardner and Jasper Holmes -- Using the revision process to help international students understand the linguistic construction of the academic identity / Suganthi John.