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Grammar and Context

An Advanced Resource Book

Martin Hewings author Ann Hewings author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Feb '05

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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.

The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415310814/

'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


'... 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

ISBN: 9780415310819

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 720g

360 pages