Writing a Research Paper---Lecture 2英语论文写作指.ppt

WritingAResearchPaper Lecture2 ZhangYanyan 张妍岩 Feb 2009csuewriting 英语论文写作 2 HowtoChooseaTopic 1 Decideonyourresearchdirection 2 SelectingaGeneralTopic 3 ReadingandThinking 4 NarrowingdowntheScopeofTopic 5 FormulatingtheFinalTopic 2 1Decidewhichresearchdirectionyouwouldliketofollow Literature 文学 Translation 翻译 Linguistics 语言学 Culture 文化 Otherrelateddisciplines sociology psychology Chinese etc Literature 文学 Literatureisprose writtenororal includingfictionandnon fiction dramaandpoetry Listofauthors Listofworks BynameGenerallistsBytypeofwritingorgenreSelectivelistsListofbest sellingfictionauthorsListofbest sellingbooksBynationality race originorgenderSubjectlistsBylanguage non English AuthorlistsResearchinliteraturecanbeastudyofaparticularauthor awork oraliterarytrend Itcanalsoincludecomparativeresearchofdifferentwriters books orliterarycriticisms Listofbest sellingfictionauthors Listofbest sellingbooks Translation 翻译 Translationistheinterpretingofthemeaningofatextandthesubsequentproductionofanequivalenttextthatcommunicatesthesamemessageinanotherlanguage sourcetexttargetlanguagetargettextTranslationmusttakeintoaccountconstraintsthatincludecontext therulesofgrammarofthetwolanguages theirwritingconventions andtheiridioms TranslationResearch Researchintranslationcanbeanevaluationofthetranslationofaparticularworkoranauthor Itcanalsoincluderesearchonaparticulartranslatorandhis hertranslations Itmayalsoincluderesearchontranslationtechniquesandtheories Linguistics 语言学 Linguisticsisthestudyoflanguage Sub areas PhoneticsPhonologyMorphologySyntaxSemanticsPragmaticsLanguageandSocio CultureLanguagelearningandteaching 2 2SelectingaGeneralTopic Literature Lit whichnovelorplay whichauthor Translation Tra whichsourcetextorwriter whichtranslator Linguistics Lin whichsub area Culture whichaspect TheRuleoftheThumb 1 yourinterest 2 youraudience sinterest 3 yourknowledge 4 availabilityofamplereferences 5 freshness 2 3ReadingandThinking Anessayusuallydrawsoncommonknowledgefromalimitedorpersonalpointofview Aresearchpaperisbasedonathoroughreviewofvarioussourcesanddocumentthesourcesofinformation Askyourself Isthetopicnew original Arethereamplereferences 2 4NarrowingdowntheScopeofTopic Hownarrowyourtopicshouldbedependsonthepurposeandlengthofyourresearchpaper E g AnAnalysisofHappyMarriagesofThreeWomeninEmma AnAnalysisofEmma AnAnalysisofThreeWomeninEmma AnAnalysisofHappyMarriagesofThreeWomeninEmma 2 5FormulatingtheFinalTopic Criteriaforthefinaltopic 1 Itshouldbemeaningfulandserious 2 Itshouldbewithintherangeofyourabilities 3 Itshouldhavesufficientmaterialsavailable 4 Itcanbetreatedobjectively e g Whoisthegreate