Studying Language: English in Action

ISBN-13: 9781403922083 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 200 str.

Urszula Clark

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Variation and Change in English.- Pragmatics and Discourse.- Stylistics.- Critical Discourse.- Analysis.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

URSZULA CLARK is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aston, UK. Her publications include War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English and An Introduction to Stylistics.