Grammar and Context: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge Applied Linguistics) - Softcover

Hewings, Martin; Hewings, Ann

 
9780415310819: Grammar and Context: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge Applied Linguistics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415310814 ISBN 13: 9780415310819
Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Grammar and Context:

  • considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes place
  • examines the interaction of a wide variety of contexts – including socio-cultural, situational and global influences
  • includes a range of different types of grammar – functional, pedagogic, descriptive and prescriptive
  • explores grammatical features in a lively variety of communicative contexts, such as advertising, dinner-table talk, email and political speeches
  • gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: David Crystal, M.A.K. Halliday, Joanna Thornborrow, Ken Hyland and Stephen Levey.

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About the Author

Ann Hewings is a lecturer in the excellent Centre for Language and Communications at the OU and has been developing the new OU grammar course (so she's in touch with current developments). Martin is a senior lecturer in the English for International Students Unit at the University of Birmingham. He is an established ELT author with a strong reputation.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415310814
ISBN 13 
9780415310819
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
360

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