Clark, Urszula,

Studying language : English in action / Urszula Clark. - xi, 186 pages ; 24 cm. - Perspectives on the English language . - Perspectives on the English language. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.

"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.

1403922071 9781403922076 140392208X 9781403922083

2006047164


English language--Rhetoric
Sociolinguistics
English language--Discourse analysis
English language--Variation

PE1408 / .C5224 2007

420.72