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John M. Swales

Born

Reigate, England, The United Kingdom

Died

March 19, 2025

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John Malcolm Swales was an English linguist. He joined the University of Michigan as a faculty member in 1985. He retired in 2006 as professor emeritus of linguistics and co-director of the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English project.
Swales was best known for his work on genre analysis, particularly with regard to its application to the fields of rhetoric, discourse analysis, English for Academic Purposes and, more recently, information science. His writing has studied second language acquisition.

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	Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills by John M. Swales, Christine Feak 3.86 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genre Analysis 4.22 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telling a Research Story: Writing a Literature Review (Volume 2) (Michigan Series In English For Academic & Professional Purposes) by John M. Swales, Christine Feak 3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commentary for Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills by John M. Swales, Christine B. Feak 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts (Volume 1) (Michigan Series In English For Academic & Professional Purposes) by John M. Swales, Christine Feak 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Research Genres: Explorations and Applications 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Navigating Academia: Writing Supporting Genres (Volume 4) (Michigan Series In English For Academic & Professional Purposes) by John M. Swales, Christine Feak 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English in Today's Research World: A Writing Guide (Michigan Series In English For Academic & Professional Purposes) by John M. Swales, Christine Feak 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aspects of Article Introductions 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incidents in an Educational Life: A Memoir 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars