A01=Ann Hewings
A01=Martin Hewings
advanced English grammar contexts
Author_Ann Hewings
Author_Martin Hewings
Category=CFK
Category=CJA
Category=DS
choices
corpus linguistics
discourse analysis
doctor
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
functional
grammatical
interpersonal communication
language variation
mccarthy
michael
noun
patient
phrase
prescriptive grammar
sociolinguistics
systemic
Product details
- ISBN 9780415310819
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 25 Feb 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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/
Ann Hewings is a lecturer in the excellent Centre for Language and Communications at the OU and has been developing the new OU grammar course (so she's in touch with current developments). Martin is a senior lecturer in the English for International Students Unit at the University of Birmingham. He is an established ELT author with a strong reputation.
