Routledge | 25th February 2005 | ISBN: 0415310819 | Pages: 360 | PDF | 1.5MB
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.