Features sixteen completely new essays by leading scholars. Designed to highlight relations among languages and forms of discourse, the volume is organised into three sections: ‘Understanding Language’ provides a broad overview of the field of linguistics; ‘Forming Texts’ offers tools for understanding how speakers and writers shape language; ‘Reading Literature and Culture’ continues the work of the first two sections by introducing major areas of critical study.
| ISBN: | 9780873525978 |
| Publication date: | 30th January 2007 |
| Author: | David G. Nicholls |
| Publisher: | Modern Language Association of America |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 370 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies Language learning for specific purposes Teaching of a specific subject |