Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (Ntertext (London, England).)

Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (Ntertext (London, England).)

by Danuta Reah (Author), Maggie Bowring (Author), Angela Goddard (Author), Danuta Reah (Author), Angela Goddard (Author), Ronald Carter (Author), Keith Sanger (Author)

Synopsis

This a revised and updated version of this introductory language text book. Including a range of activities and projects, the book introduces the core areas of language structure and grammar through the analysis of real texts. This edition includes: an introductory section on how to use the book; material on differences between spoken and written language; children's language; language and ideology; an updated range of texts, including advertisements, beer mats, horoscopes, newspaper articles, junk mail, comedy sketches, political speeches, letters; more extensions suggesting project work and an answer key at the back; a concluding section including further analyses, which gives the student practice in analyzing all the different aspects explored throughout the book.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 24 May 2001

ISBN 10: 0415234654
ISBN 13: 9780415234658

Media Reviews
'a most flexible book... an invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' - Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine

'[this] book, through which a range of insights are made eminently accessible, without condescension... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' - Jean-Pierre can Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal
Author Bio
Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language in the Department of English Studies, University of Nottingham. Angela Goddard is Senior Lecturer in Language at the Centre for Human Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University. Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger and Maggie Bowring are all on the board of the AQA English Language A-Level.