A01=Rebecca Hughes
applied linguistics
Author_Rebecca Hughes
Blue Boar
Category=CBX
channel
comparative analysis of speech and text
corpus
density
Descriptive Grammar
discourse analysis
Discourse Categories
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Generative Grammar
Grammatical Words
Humanitarian Aid
language pedagogy
language variation
lexical
Lexical Density
Lexical Set
Lexical Studies
Lexical Words
Lob
Lord Emsworth
Main Verb
MLA Bibliography
nottingham
Nottingham Corpus
noun
Noun Phrases
Past Tense
phrase
pragmatics
Sample 25a
Screen Version
spoken
Spoken Channel
Spoken Interaction
Spoken Mode
stylistics
Text S1
Vice Versa
Wider Issues
words
write
Product details
- ISBN 9780415124812
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this activity-based text, Rebecca Hughes invites the reader to examine the differences between spoken and written English.
Instead of presenting a bewildering array of 'facts' about variety in English, she encourages the reader to actively investigate the differences between these two modes of communication by comparing actual speech patterns with literary ones. This indispensable guide to the basic methods of analysis provides both an overview of the relationship between speech and writing and an introduction to a central theoretical issue in language studies. By the end of the book, readers will have had the opportunity to consider material from an extensive selection of spoken and written varieties - including boxing commentaries, detective novels and film scripts - while being encouraged to formulate their own opinions with regard to lexis and structure. In addition, the tasks that have been incorporated into the end of every chapter provide suggestions for further self-study and follow-up work.
