TY - BOOK AU - Clark,Urszula TI - Studying language: English in action T2 - Perspectives on the English language SN - 1403922071 AV - PE1408 .C5224 2007 U1 - 420.72 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Basingstoke [England], New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Discourse analysis KW - Variation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index N2 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006047164-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006047164-b.html ER -