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

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

by Ann Hewings (Author), Ann Hewings (Author)

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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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 360
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 25 Feb 2005

ISBN 10: 0415310814
ISBN 13: 9780415310819

Media Reviews

'... I found many of the ideas here useful as stimuli for my own undergraduate students ... there is much to recommend this text as a coursebook for use with groups of students ... ' - BaaL News

'Overall, there is much to recommend this text as a coursebook ... It offers some very useful starting points for investigation of both concepts and research topics.' - Gill Boag-Munroe, Baal News

Author Bio
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.