1、Unit 9 Acknowledgments, References, Footnotes and Appendices Topical Highlights Section of Acknowledgments: general functions, linguistic features, writing requirements Section of References: general functions, linguistic features, writing requirements Section of Footnotes: general functions, lingui
2、stic features, writing requirements Preparing Appendices Special Attention: conciseness (2) using nouns or noun phrases, using verbs, using adjectives, using prepositional phrases, using elliptical forms Section of Acknowledgments General Functions To extend the author(s)s indebtedness to the helpfu
3、l support or concern from his (their) colleagues (or institutions) Any useful material, specimen, testing agents, materials, instruments, species, data collecting, drawing, photographing, etc. (tangible); Research design, technical instruction, result analysis, advice, discussions, suggestions, etc.
4、 (intangible) Section of Acknowledgments Linguistic Features Patternized Contents gratitude to personal or institutional assistance gratitude to financial support from different sources Those who made greater contributions first, those who made less contributions second Individuals first, institutio
5、ns second Section of Acknowledgments Linguistic Features Patternized Contents The author is grateful to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for its financial support for this project. The author wishes to express his most sincere appreciation to Prof. ZHENG Ying, who read
6、 the manuscript carefully and gave valuable advice. Tremendous thanks are owned to Mr. WU Xing-han and LI Lan-hui for helping him with the chemical analysis. The author is also indebted to the Beijing Beer Factory for offering some samples.Section of Acknowledgments Linguistic Features Formalized Ex
7、pressions wishes to express his (her) sincere appreciation to (somebody) for (something or doing something) The author(s) is (are) indebted to for thanks for We wish to express our thanks to Thanks are due to for gratefully acknowledge to forSection of Acknowledgments Writing Requirements Being Spec
8、ific Acknowledgments should only be forDirect help in writing or researchFinancial support for the work done Help from an authorHelp from the laboratory where the work was performed The affiliation of those who receive the authors thanks should be included as well Section of Acknowledgments Writing
9、Requirements Avoiding Under- or Over-Statement It is not advisable to mention too many personswho have made insignificant helpwho have made very general help typists or illustrators anonymous referees Section of Acknowledgments Writing Requirements Asking for Permission To notify the addressee of th
10、e acknowledgment beforehand Not to make the name list too long Section of References General Functions Showing Respect to the Previous Works To indicate whether he has examined a satisfactory number of authoritative, up-to-date references before writing Not to show the authors authority for specific facts To show his respect to the previous works
