Author: erikpiecethelinguist
I am a linguist, a language 'hippie', not (yet) a polyglot. My main research interest is in academic writing, especially evaluative stance and voice in tertiary academic discourse. My research studies draw upon systemic functional linguistics, and my specific theoretical interest is Appraisal, the system of interpersonal meaning in discourse semantics. I hope to share my love for language research, teaching and learning through this blog!
I will make this blog more exciting with some of my favourite pastimes too. I am a Hong Kong independent musician known as 'Erik Piece'. Erik Piece is actually my stage name, but everyone knows me by Erik so I guess that's fine!
So the blog will turn out to be a bit of everything... but I'm sure this will be exciting! See you in the blogosphere!
What Makes Academic Texts Complex?
Vale Joshua.
Politeness in Student-Teacher Interactions
Writing Conclusions with a “Punch”: Initial (Grammatical) Thoughts
The Ideas of Self-Plagiarism and Patchwriting Haven’t Been Emphasised Enough to Students
What an Internal Start-up Research Fund Means to a Junior Academic
Increasing Word Power through Reading
Working Alone Together: Joint Construction in the “Hybrid” Writing Classroom
Erik the Linguist 