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Using English / edited by Janet Maybin, Neil Mercer and Ann Hewings.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Milton Keynes [England] : Routledge ; In association with The Open University, 2007Edition: Second editionDescription: iii, 300 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415376823
  • 9780415376822
  • 0415376815
  • 9780415376815
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1074.75 .U85 2007
Contents:
1. Everyday Talk -- 2. Using English to Persuade -- 3. Language Play in English -- 4. Literacy Practices in English -- 5. English at Work -- 6. Market Forces Speak English -- 7. Good and Bad English.
Summary: Using English provides an invaluable introduction to the study of English for students of language and linguistics. It examines the way in which the English language is used today in different contexts and in many parts of the world, by both native and non-native speakers. Issues of language use in speech and writing, in work and play, and in persuading and informing are explored and illustrated with data and readings from around the English-using world. The reader is introduced to the adaptations and variations in English language use and to debates relating to how these are perceived and evaluated by different groups of users.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 428 USI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A378509B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 428 USI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A378510B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and index.

1. Everyday Talk -- 2. Using English to Persuade -- 3. Language Play in English -- 4. Literacy Practices in English -- 5. English at Work -- 6. Market Forces Speak English -- 7. Good and Bad English.

Using English provides an invaluable introduction to the study of English for students of language and linguistics. It examines the way in which the English language is used today in different contexts and in many parts of the world, by both native and non-native speakers. Issues of language use in speech and writing, in work and play, and in persuading and informing are explored and illustrated with data and readings from around the English-using world. The reader is introduced to the adaptations and variations in English language use and to debates relating to how these are perceived and evaluated by different groups of users.

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