Studying language : English in action / Urszula Clark.
"Studying Language introduces key ideas and current critical debates about how English functions within its social and cultural contexts, and provides practical examples and guidance on how to approach further work in these topics. It introduces the core topics of language study: language varia...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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| Series: | Perspectives on the English language.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Studying Language introduces key ideas and current critical debates about how English functions within its social and cultural contexts, and provides practical examples and guidance on how to approach further work in these topics. It introduces the core topics of language study: language variation, pragmatics, stylistics, critical discourse analysis, language and gender, and language and education. Each chapter includes case studies providing worked analysis of sample texts, suggestions for further project work and research and an annotated further reading section."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 186 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1403922071 9781403922076 140392208X 9781403922083 |