Studying Language
English in Action
Published on 16. January 2007
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-4039-2207-6 (ISBN)
Description
Studying Language introduces key ideas about how English functions within its social and cultural contexts. It explores core topics of study such as language variation, pragmatics, stylistics and critical discourse analysis. Case studies provide worked analysis of sample texts, suggestions for further study and a further reading section.
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Series
Edition
2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
200 p.
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-2207-6 (9781403922076)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-07770-7
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
01/2007
Red Globe Press
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Person
URSZULA CLARK is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aston, UK. Her publications include War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English and An Introduction to Stylistics.
Content
Introduction.- Variation and Change in English.- Pragmatics and Discourse.- Stylistics.- Critical Discourse.- Analysis.- Bibliography.- Index.