Using English from conversation to canon /
edited by Janet Maybin and Neil Mercer.
- vi, 326 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-318) and index.
Book editors and contributors -- Introduction -- Everyday talk -- Literacy practices in English -- English at work -- Rhetoric in English -- What makes English into art? -- Language play in English -- An English canon? -- A tongue, for sighing -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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English language--Social aspects--English-speaking countries--Problems, exercises, etc. English language--Spoken English--English-speaking countries--Problems, exercises, etc. Intercultural communication--Problems, exercises, etc. English philology--Problems, exercises, etc. Canon (Literature)--Problems, exercises, etc. Readers--Language and languages Readers--English philology