§ Acknowledgments The chapters in this volume result from the Writing Research Across Borders III Conference, which was held in February 2014, at the request of the Inter- national Society for the Advancement of Writing Research. The Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense, the Université de Lor- raine, and the Université Paris-Sorbonne, along with their Research Lab- oratories Crem (Université de Lorraine), MoDyCo (CNRS [French Na- tional Centre for Scientific Research], Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense), and STIH (Université Paris-Sorbonne) spent considerable time and effort in the organization of this conference. This project also received support from the ESPE of the Académie de Paris, the EMA Laboratory (Université de Cergy-Pontoise), the ILF (French National Centre for Scien- tific Research) of the École Doctorale “Langage et Concepts” (Language and Concepts Doctorate School) of the Université Paris-Sorbonne, of the labora- tory ITEM (ENS, CNRS) from the CIRCEFT Laboratory (Université Paris 8 – UPEC) along with the various establishments on which they depend. These institutions and their personnel are to be thanked for their support both for the conference and for this book. We are especially grateful to the translators who have made it possible to present this collection in English: • Corinna Anderson (Chapter 29) • Paul Anderson (Chapter 22) • Bridget Behrmann (Chapters 6 and 17) • Kristin Cooper (Chapter 11) • Richard Dickinson & Jean-François Nomine (Chapter 27) • Jeffrey Freedman (Chapter 4) • Claudine Garcia-Debanc and Myriam Bras, who translated their own chapter (2) • Bernard Myers (Introduction) • Agnès Pernet-Liu, who translated her own chapter (16) and Chris- tiane Donahue, who reviewed the translation • Rachael Renié-Phillips (Chapter 24) • Sarah Riviere (Chapter 19) • Helen Robertshaw (Chapter 20) • Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet (Chapter 14) • Angela Swaine Verdier and Sarah Verdier Leyshon (Chapter 8)

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We also wish to thank the International Scientific Committee which se- lected the articles published here and Sarah de Vogüé without whom this project would not have been such a success. International Scientific Commitee

Denis Alamargot, France, Université Paris-Est Créteil Chris Anson, USA, North Carolina State Arthur Applebee, USA, SUNY Albany Dilamar Araujo, Brazil, Universidade Estadual do Cearã (UECE) Arnetha Ball, USA, Stanford David Barton, UK, Lancaster University Chuck Bazerman, USA, University of California, Santa Barbara Céline Beaudet, Canada, Université de Sherbrooke Anne Beaufort, USA, University of Washington, Tacoma Virginia Berninger, USA, University of Washington Vijay Bhatia, Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong Francoise Boch, France, Université Stendhal Pietro Boscolo, Italy, University of Padua Deborah Brandt, USA, University of Wisconsin-Madison Catherine Brissaud, France, Université Grenoble Alpes, Lidilem Paula Carlino, Argentina, University of Buenos Aires Kate Chanock, Australia, Latrobe Ralph Cintron, USA, University of Illinois at Chicago Ulla Connor, USA, Indiana University-Purdue University Jacques Crinon, France, Université Paris-Est Créteil Sarah de Vogüé, France, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre la Défense Angela Dionisio, Brazil, UFP, Recife Christiane Donahue, USA, Dartmouth College Joëlle Ducos, France, Université Paris-Sorbonne Olga Dysthe, Norway, University of Bergen Peter Elbow, USA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Fatima Encinas, Mexico, Beneméritä Universidad Autônoma de Puebla Michel Fayol, France, Université Blaise Pascal Clermont Ferrand Irène Fenoglio, France, Institut des Textes et manuscrits modernes Emilia Ferreiro, Mexico, National Polytechnic Institute Sarah Freedman, USA, University of California, Berkeley David Galbraith, UK, University of Staffordshire Joachim Grabowski, Germany Leibniz Université Hannover Steve Graham, USA, Vanderbilt Magnus Gustaffson, Sweden, Chalmers University of Technology x Acknowledgments

Christina Haas, USA, Kent State University Richard Haswell, USA, TAMU Corpus Christi Dick Hayes, USA, Carnegie Mellon University Doug Hesse, USA, University of Denver George Hillocks, USA, University of Chicago Tom Huckin, USA, University of Utah Chen Huijun, China, China University of Geosciences Ken Hyland, UK, University of London Roz Ivanic, UK, Lancaster University Paul Kei Matsuda, USA, Arizona State University Ron Kellogg, USA, St. Louis University Yu Kexun, China, Wuhan University Gesa Kirsch, USA, Bentley College Angela Kleimann, Brazil, Unicamp-Sao Paulo Gunther Kress, UK, University of London Otto Kruse, Switzerland, Zurich University of Applied Sciences Paul Lamaheiu, USA, University of California, Berkeley Neal Learner, USA, MIT Andrea Lunsford, USA, Stanford Karen Lunsford, USA, University of California, Santa Barbara Skip Macarthur, USA, University of Delaware Brigitte Martin, France, Université Paris-Est Créteil Desiree Motta-Roth, Brasil, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Sandra Murphy, USA, University of California, Davis Greg Myers, UK, Lancaster University Terry Myers Zawacki, USA, George Mason Univers Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes, France, Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle Franck Neveu, France, Université Paris-Sorbonne Thierry Olive, France, Université de Poitiers Sigmund Ongstad, Norway, Oslo University College Cezar Ornatowski, USA, San Diego State University Mike Palmquist, USA, Colorado State University Anthony Paré, Canada, McGill University Giovanni Parodi Sweis, Chile, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaîso Daniel Perrin, Switzerland, Zurich University of Applied Sciences Sylvie Plane, France, Université Paris-Sorbonne Paul Prior, USA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Gert Rijlaarsdam, Netherlands, University of Amsterdam Paul Rogers, USA, George Mason University Fabienne Rondelli, France, Université de Lorraine

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Anne Ruggles Gere, USA, University of Michigan David Russell, USA, Iowa State University Mary Schleppegrell, USA, University of Michigan Catherine Schryer, Canada, University of Waterloo Peter Smagorinsky, USA, University of Georgia Graham Smart, Canada, Carleton University Clay Spinuzzi, USA, University of Texas, Austin Doreen Starke-Meyering, Canada, McGill University Brian Street, UK, Kings College-London Nancy Susan Keranen, Mexico, Beneméritä Universidad Autônoma de Puebla Chris Thaiss, USA, University of California, Davis Lilliana Tolchinsky, Spain, University of Barcelona Mark Torrance, UK, Nottingham Trent University Luuk van Waas, Belgium, Université d’Anvers Jacques Walter, France, Université de Lorraine Asa Wengelin, Sweden, Lund University Joanna Wolfe, USA, Carnegie Mellon University González Pinzón Blanca Yaneth, Colombia, Pontifica Universidad Javeriana

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