ABSTRACT

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language.<br/>

part |2 pages

PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|45 pages

Linguistic Description

chapter 3|33 pages

Stylistic Analysis

part |2 pages

PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS–SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY

chapter 4|30 pages

The Language of Conversation

chapter 5|22 pages

The Language of Unscripted Commentary

chapter 6|26 pages

The Language of Religion

chapter 7|20 pages

The Language of Newspaper Reporting

chapter 8|25 pages

The Language of Legal Documents

chapter 9|37 pages

Suggestions for Further Analysis