Description |
1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 8 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 8. 0922-842X
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Contents |
LANGUAGE AS BEHAVIOUR, LANGUAGE AS CODE A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Chapter 1: The Social Functional Linguistic Tradition and Approach; Diagram 1: Communication linguistics model of language; Chapter 2: Analysis; PART ONE: SITUATING THE ANALYSIS; PART TWO: PHASAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 3: Results; PART ONE: REGISTERIAL CONSTRUCTS; PART TWO: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SPOKEN DISCOURSES AND WRITTEN TEXTS; Chapter 4: Conclusion; PART ONE: A REAPPRAISAL OF THE MODEL OF ANALYSIS |
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PART TWO: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONSAppendix 1: Transitivity System; Appendix 2: Mood System; Appendix 3: Chart of E.R. Ewer's Modals; Appendix 4: Charts of Phasal Characteristics: Discourses and Texts; Appendix 5: Transcripts of Discourses and Texts; Appendix 6: Discourse and Text Phases; Appendix 7: Sample Worksheet for Analysis; References |
Summary |
This work arose from the desire to teach foreign students in North America a particular variety of language used in their disciplines (speech situations), whereupon the inadequacy or non-existence of previous study became apparent. Given this raison d'ĂȘtre, the work first illustrates one approach to the analysis of language in order to test whether something of significance can be said about the typology of texts and discourse. The approach chosen is Systemic Functional Grammar, with its roots in the Prague School of Linguistics and the London School of J.R. Firth, a theory that is particularly |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
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Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers -- Social aspects
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Interdisciplinary approach in education -- Social aspects
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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English language -- Social aspects.
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Pragmatics.
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pragmatics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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English language -- Social aspects
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers -- Social aspects
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Interdisciplinary approach in education -- Social aspects
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Pragmatics
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Sprache
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Kommunikation
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Gesellschaft
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Wissenschaftssprache
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Soziolinguistik
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Vaktaal.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Hoger onderwijs.
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Engels.
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Englisch.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
90023244 |
ISBN |
9789027283276 |
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9027283273 |
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1283174219 |
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9781283174213 |
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9786613174215 |
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6613174211 |
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