Author : Ann Hewings
Release : 2005
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 819/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Grammar and Context by : Ann Hewings
Download or read book Grammar and Context written by Ann Hewings. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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/