ABSTRACT

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

part |1 pages

PART A Structures

chapter 1|25 pages

The noun group

chapter 2|54 pages

Verbs

chapter 3|26 pages

Pronouns

chapter 4|10 pages

Prepositions

chapter 5|7 pages

Conjunctions

chapter 6|6 pages

Adverbs

chapter 7|9 pages

Numbers

part |1 pages

PART B Functions

chapter I|1 pages

Giving and seeking factual information

chapter 9|5 pages

Specifying people or objects

chapter 10|12 pages

Describing people or things

chapter 12|7 pages

Talking about the present

chapter 13|17 pages

Speaking/writing about the past

chapter 14|8 pages

Talking about the future

chapter 15|6 pages

Asking questions

chapter 16|6 pages

Negative sentences

chapter 17|7 pages

Comparisons and degrees of intensity

chapter 18|8 pages

Referring to objects and persons

chapter 19|10 pages

Focusing on the action

chapter II|1 pages

Actions affecting ourselves and others

chapter 20|10 pages

Social contacts

chapter 21|10 pages

Getting other people to do things

chapter 22|6 pages

Permission and possibility

chapter 23|6 pages

Expressing need, obligation or desire

chapter 26|7 pages

Expressing emotions: hope, fear, doubt

chapter 28|7 pages

Indicating preference, likes and dislikes

chapter 29|7 pages

Expressing certainty and knowledge

chapter IV|1 pages

Putting in context

chapter 30|15 pages

Combining messages

chapter 31|9 pages

Quoting or reporting events and hearsay

chapter 32|4 pages

Expressing possibility and probability

chapter 33|6 pages

Purpose

chapter 34|8 pages

Causes and reasons

chapter 35|6 pages

Result, effect and consequence

chapter 36|10 pages

Specifying time

chapter 37|6 pages

Place and manner

chapter 38|8 pages

Expressing a condition or hypothesis

chapter 39|7 pages

Reservations, exceptions and concessions

chapter V|1 pages

Expanding the horizons

chapter 40|7 pages

Formal registers and style

chapter 41|6 pages

Written correspondence

chapter 42|3 pages

Oral communication

chapter 43|6 pages

Telephone skills