عنوان

Living language

1444167731

9781444167733

b558536

Living language

[Book]

author team: Jane Bluett [and others] ; series editors: Jane Bluett and John Shuttleworth.

Third edition

London

Hodder & Stoughton Educational

2008

(viii, 313 pages).

Living language.

Originally published: 1997, 2nd ed 2000.

Cover; Book title; Contents; Introduction; 1 Key Concepts for Studying English; Introduction; Semantics; Lexis or vocabulary; Grammar and syntax; Sound patterning and phonology; Language functions; Pragmatics; Context; Text and discourse; Intertextuality; Narrative; Cohesion and coherence; Rhetoric; 2 Language and Social Contexts; Exploring language variation; Language and gender; Language variation across Britain; Changing technology and language use; Language and occupation; Power relationships and language; 3 Investigating Language; What is a language investigation? How to structure a language investigationIdeas for language investigations; The creative element; 4 Creating Your Own Texts; Getting started; Writing to entertain; Writing to persuade; Writing to inform; Writing to instruct; Writing commentaries on your work; 5 How Language Develops; Language acquisition; Language change; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

'Living Language' has been devised to meet all the new specifications for AS and A level English Language. The previous edition has been comprehensively revised to ensure full assessment objectives coverage and fulfilment, and delivery of the new four-unit courses from 2008 onwards.

English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.

author team: Jane Bluett [and others] ; series editors: Jane Bluett and John Shuttleworth.

Jane Bluett

John Shuttleworth

[Book]

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