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Sara Thorne
ISBN: 9781403994837
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave USA
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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Written primarily for AS and A-Level English courses, this book is designed to make an intuitive understanding of language explicit. By focusing on language use in different contexts, it encourages an investigative and interpretative approach. It also offers active reading and experimentation with practical analysis, and relevant examples.
Written primarily for AS and A-Level English courses, but of interest to university students on related courses, this book is designed to make an intuitive understanding of language explicit. By focusing on language use in different contexts, it encourages an investigative and interpretative approach. It provides the core theoretical knowledge required for tackling a wide range of tasks and aims to develop awareness of both the nature and the function of language. This revised edition fine-tunes the content, presentation and style of the previous edition, and offers more scope for active reading and experimentation with practical analysis, more relevant examples and additional material that will appeal to contemporary readers.
| ISBN | 1403994838 | | Weight (grammes) | 840 | | ISBN13 | 9781403994837
(What's this?) | | Published in | Gordonsville | | Publisher | Palgrave USA | | Series title | Palgrave Master Series | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Previous ISBN | 9780333628324 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 03 Apr 2008 | | Width (mm) | 155 | | DEWEY | 428 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate | | Pages | 656 | | National curriculum | English |
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| I | | Reference - The Structure of English | | | | 1 | | The structure of English | | 3 | | 2 | | Phonetics and phonology | | 47 | | 3 | | Style | | 72 | | 4 | | How to use your knowledge | | 90 | | II | | Language Issues - Aspects of English | | | | 5 | | Some basic concepts | | 97 | | 6 | | English: a living language | | 109 | | 7 | | Historical change | | 130 | | 8 | | Language variation: regional and social | | 152 | | 9 | | Child language - learning to talk | | 181 | | III | | Varieties - English in Use | | | | 10 | | Spoken English | | 213 | | 11 | | The language of newspapers | | 256 | | 12 | | The language of advertising | | 293 | | 13 | | The language of literature - narrative prose | | 325 | | 14 | | The language of literature - poetry | | 351 | | 15 | | The language of law | | 372 | | 16 | | The language of religion | | 394 | | 17 | | The language of politics | | 419 | | 18 | | The language of broadcasting | | 456 | | 19 | | The language of humour | | 501 | | 20 | | Other varieties | | 557 | | 21 | | Preparing for a language examination | | 579 | | IV | | Appendices | | | | App. A | | Answers to activities | | 605 | | App. B | | Glossary | | 612 | | | More... | | |
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