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English Language Description, Variation and Context

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ISBN-10: 140394590X

ISBN-13: 9781403945907

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jonathan Culpeper, Tony McEnery, Francis Katamba, Ruth Wodak, Paul Kerswill

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List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 7/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 700
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.388

JONATHAN CULPEPER is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests include stylistics, pragmatics, and (the history of) the English Language. His publications include History of English (Routledge, 1997), Exploring the Language of Drama (Routledge, 1998, co-edited with Mick Short and Peter Verdonk), Language and Characterisation in Plays and Other Texts (2001) and research collected volume Cognitive Stylistics: Language and Cognition in Text Analysis (2002). FRANCIS KATAMBA is Professor of Linguisticsnbsp;in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster,…    

JONATHAN CULPEPER is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests include stylistics, pragmatics, and (the history of) the English Language. His publications include History of English (Routledge, 1997), Exploring the Language of Drama (Routledge, 1998, co-edited with Mick Short and Peter Verdonk), Language and Characterisation in Plays and Other Texts (2001) and research collected volume Cognitive Stylistics: Language and Cognition in Text Analysis (2002). FRANCIS KATAMBA is Professor of Linguisticsnbsp;in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster,…    

JONATHAN CULPEPER is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests include stylistics, pragmatics, and (the history of) the English Language. His publications include History of English (Routledge, 1997), Exploring the Language of Drama (Routledge, 1998, co-edited with Mick Short and Peter Verdonk), Language and Characterisation in Plays and Other Texts (2001) and research collected volume Cognitive Stylistics: Language and Cognition in Text Analysis (2002). FRANCIS KATAMBA is Professor of Linguisticsnbsp;in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster,…    

BEATRICE ALLEGRANTInbsp;is a choreographer (for dance theatre and film), clinical practitioner (in the UK NHS in adult mental health, special needs schools and in private practice) and is a researcher and convener on the Dance Movement Psychotherapy MA at Roehampton University, UK. A key focus of her work is on embodiment or how we can �be in� and develop our relationship with our bodies through integrating dance movement, psychosocial and biological processes and understandings of human agency. Visit authors website: www.embodiedpractice.co.ukRUTH WODAK is Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at the Department of Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK (and affiliated to the…    

JONATHAN CULPEPER is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests include stylistics, pragmatics, and (the history of) the English Language. His publications include History of English (Routledge, 1997), Exploring the Language of Drama (Routledge, 1998, co-edited with Mick Short and Peter Verdonk), Language and Characterisation in Plays and Other Texts (2001) and research collected volume Cognitive Stylistics: Language and Cognition in Text Analysis (2002). FRANCIS KATAMBA is Professor of Linguisticsnbsp;in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster,…    

English: the System
Introduction
Graphology
Phonetics
Phonology
Word Structure
Semantics
Word classes and phrases
Functional Grammar
Structures of Conversation
Conversational Principles
English: Regional and Social Variation
Introduction
Dialects, sociolects and idiolects
Variation in accents and dialects
World Englishes
Language and Social Class
English Writing: Use and Social Practice
Introduction
Speech, Writing and Register
Language Use and Social Practice
New Technologies
Genre and Written Text: Academic Writing
Newspapers
Literary Texts
English Speech: Discourses of Power
Introduction
Language and Power
Standard English and RP
Gender and Language
Language and Sexuality
Taboo Language and Slang
English: Acquiring, Learning and Teaching
Introduction
First Language Acquisition
Second Language Acquisition
Learning to Read and Write
Teaching English in the Second Language Classroom
English: History
Introduction
The Origins and Development of English
Lexical Change
Semantic Change
Phonological Change
Grammatical Change
Attitudes to Language Change--G Know