Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780415414241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 266 str.

UK) Swift Nikki (York St John University

Opis

Giving wide coverage of different genres such as signs and advertisements, the authors present a foundation for analysing text. Topics include writing, the sound system of spoken English, words, sentence grammar and discourse construction.

Recenzje

'A most flexible book ... An invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' - Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine

'[This] book ... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' - Jean-Pierre van Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal

Spis treści

1. Signs  2. Sounds  3. Words and Things  4. Sentences and Structure  5. Text and Context: Written Discourse  6. Text and Context: Spoken Discourse  7. Applications

O autorze

Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki Swift, Adrian Beard