Using English: From Conversation to Canon - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415131197 ISBN 13: 9780415131193

Verlag: Routledge, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

English is used the world over by people at work, play and in artistic endeavours. In this book, the second in the series of four, writers from a range of academic disciplines examine a wide variety of texts and discourses, from everyday conversation to the literary canon. Topics include: * everyday conversation * English in the workplace * English and Rhetoric * literacy practices in English * English and popular culture * what makes English into art? * language and literature Highly interdisciplinary in approach, it provides a coherent introduction to the ways in which language is shaped and used in practice. This book will be an invaluable text for all students of Language, Communication Studies, Literacy and Literature.

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English is used the world over by people at work, play and in artistic endeavours. In this volume, the second in a series of four, writers from a range of academic disciplines examine a wide variety of texts and discourse, from everyday conversation to the literary canon. Topics include: everyday conversation, English in the workplace, English and rhetoric, literary practices, English and popular culture, and language and literature. Interdisciplinary in approach, it provides an introduction to the ways in which language is shaped and used in practice. It should be of use to students of language, communication studies, and literacy and literature.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415131197
• ISBN 13: 9780415131193
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
• Herausgeber: Maybin Janet, Mercer Neil
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar