A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language.

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Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES I Introduction 2 Linguistic Description 3 Stylistic Analysis PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS-SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY 4 The Language of Conversation 5 The Language of Unscripted Commentary. 6 The Language of Religion 7 The Language of Newspaper Reporting 8 The Language of Legal Documents 9 Suggestions for Further Analysis
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Product details

ISBN
9781138167544
Published
2017-02-23
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
453 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
278

Biographical note

David Crystal Professorial Fellow, University College of North Wales, Bangor. Derek Davy Department of English, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.