The language of speech and writing / Sandra Cornbleet and Ronald Carter.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2001.
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| Series: | Intertext (London, England).
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Unit 1. The nature of writing
- What is writing?
- Other features of writing
- Three influential factors
- Unit 2. The nature of speaking
- What is speaking?
- Simply sounds?
- Developing speaking skills
- Appropriateness
- Context, purpose, receiver
- The nature of everyday speech
- The phatic nature of conversation
- To speak or not to speak
- Unit 3. The language of writing
- Context
- Effect on language
- Genre
- Genre expectations
- Language of specialised writing
- Unit 4. The language of speaking
- Lexis
- Lexical creativity
- Discourse
- Functions of speech
- Unit 5. The relationship between speech and writing
- Choosing whether to speak or to write
- Factors affecting choice
- Effect on language
- A question of degree
- Features of spoken and written texts
- Text and language
- Text comparison
- Unit 6. Where boundaries meet
- The purpose of the text
- Written texts which use features of spoken texts
- What is the purpose?
- Written texts which 'masquerade' as other text types
- Intertextuality
- Spoken texts which don't fit the mould
- Texts with features of both writing and speaking
- Written dialogue
- Dialogue in fiction
- Effects of technology
- Index of terms
- References
- Further reading.