Janice Molinari
Biographic Data
| ID | 1102428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janice Molinari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janice |
| FAMILY NAME | Molinari |
| SIGNATURE | MOLINARI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bloomsbury Publishing (United Kingdom) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7480-5632 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Critical Realism in Applied Linguistics
Through conceptual and empirical means, this timely volume looks at how critical realism, a specific approach to the philosophy of science, helps uncover and refine assumptions about what constitutes valid knowledge in applied linguistics, how scholars can create it, and how applied linguistics can improve as an interdisciplinary strand of the social sciences. With contributions from leading and up-and-coming scholars in the field, the book cover…
A rational case for a critical realist theory of academic writing
Academic writings– writings that take place in academic settings, from undergraduate essays to research monographs – are social practices and methods of knowledge enquiry. In virtue of being social and epistemic, they should be of concern to critical realists because of critical realism's stratified approach to reality. By critiquing approaches to academic writing that can flatten reality, I propose that if academic writings were understood as on…
What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice
This book argues that what makes writing academic emerges from socio-academic and historical practices rather than conventionalised stylistic, linguistic or syntactic forms. Using a critical realist lens, it re-imagines academic writings as 21st century open systems that change according to affordances perceived by writers. In so doing, the book offers opportunities for re-imagining how, which and whose knowledge emerges
Organizational Diagnosis
What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice
This book argues that what makes writing academic emerges from socio-academic and historical practices rather than conventionalised stylistic, linguistic or syntactic forms. Using a critical realist lens, it re-imagines academic writings as 21st century open systems that change according to affordances perceived by writers. In so doing, the book offers opportunities for re-imagining how, which and whose knowledge emerges
Organizational Diagnosis
What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice
This book argues that what makes writing academic emerges from socio-academic and historical practices rather than conventionalised stylistic, linguistic or syntactic forms. Using a critical realist lens, it re-imagines academic writings as 21st century open systems that change according to affordances perceived by writers. In so doing, the book offers opportunities for re-imagining how, which and whose knowledge emerges
A rational case for a critical realist theory of academic writing
Academic writings– writings that take place in academic settings, from undergraduate essays to research monographs – are social practices and methods of knowledge enquiry. In virtue of being social and epistemic, they should be of concern to critical realists because of critical realism's stratified approach to reality. By critiquing approaches to academic writing that can flatten reality, I propose that if academic writings were understood as on…
Critical Realism in Applied Linguistics
Through conceptual and empirical means, this timely volume looks at how critical realism, a specific approach to the philosophy of science, helps uncover and refine assumptions about what constitutes valid knowledge in applied linguistics, how scholars can create it, and how applied linguistics can improve as an interdisciplinary strand of the social sciences. With contributions from leading and up-and-coming scholars in the field, the book cover…
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (3 works) · Academic writing (2 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (2 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Academic writing (1 works) · Affordance (1 works) · Applied linguistics (1 works) · Authorship (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Discourse analysis (1 works)