Product Description: This is a brief, accessible dictionary of applied linguistics terms. The entries have been linked alphabetically, but have the detailed explanations and examples of an encyclopedia. The book includes explanations of current terms, concepts, theories and methodologies.

Product Description: The Web of Words introduces learners of English to the study of literature. Through a range of involving and innovative activities it develops learners' language and skills to the point where they can approach authentic literary texts with confidence, and come to appreciate how writers use language and achieve various stylistic effects...read more

Product Description: This collection of papers examines the relationship between the teaching of language and the teaching of literature to non-native students. The book attempts to identify key theoretical issues and principles as a basis for further discussion.

Product Description: The material in this book reviews work dating back to the vocabulary control movement in the 1930s and also refers to more recent work on the role of lexis in language learning. Two chapters describe the main foundations of lexical semantics and relevant research and pedagogical studies in vocabulary and lexicography; and a further chapter discusses recent advances in the field of lexis and discourse analysis...read more

Product Description: This introductory text is a companion volume to "Language and Literature", integrating language and literary study to show how discourse analysis can contribute to an understanding of the creative use of the larger patterns of language...read more

Product Description: Riddle: Why is a telescope like a bad excuse? Answer: Because anyone can see through it. The authors of this book would like to help anyone - but particularly students of English - to "see through" language, whether as the instrument of perception or as the evasive code...read more

Product Description: This book is part of a series which is concerned with teaching techniques and problems at a practical level, providing teachers with guidance and assistance in the classroom. This volume examines the place of literature in the EFL classroom and contains suggestions for activities designed to stimulate an interest in literature among the students...read more

Product Description: The Web of Words introduces learners of English to the study of literature. Through a range of involving and innovative activities it develops learners' language and skills to the point where they can approach authentic literary texts with confidence, and come to appreciate how writers use language and achieve various stylistic effects...read more

Product Description: The Web of Words introduces learners of English to the study of literature. Through a range of involving and innovative activities it develops learners' language and skills to the point where they can approach authentic literary texts with confidence, and come to appreciate how writers use language and achieve various stylistic effects...read more

Product Description: In this book Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter describe the discoursal properties of language and demonstrate what insights this approach can offer to the student and teacher of language. The authors examine the relationship between complete texts, both spoken and written, and the social and cultural contexts in which they function...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Working with Texts: A Core Book for Language Analysis provides a basic foundation for understanding aspects of English language crucial in the analysis of text. The major topics covered include writing, the sound system of spoken English, words, sentence grammar and discourse construction...read more

Product Description: Working with Texts: A Core Book for Language Analysis provides a basic foundation for understanding aspects of English language crucial in the analysis of text. The major topics covered include writing, the sound system of spoken English, words, sentence grammar and discourse construction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book, based on revised papers originally delivered at the VII International Systemic Functional Workshop in Valencia in 1995, explores some of the choices open to speakers and writers for the expression of meaning in different socio-cultural contexts...read more

Product Description: This title contains: "The Umbrella Man"; "Dip in the Pool"; "The Butler"; "The Hitchhiker"; "Mr Botibol"; "My Lady Love", "My Dove"; "The Way Up to Heaven"; "Parson's Pleasure"; "The Sound Machine"; and "The Wish".

Product Description: Corpus-based reference/practice grammar emphasising speech and grammar choices in context. Exploring Grammar in Context draws on real spoken and written English from the most up-to-date research in the Cambridge International Corpus...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This important book, with 32 chapters by leading figures in the field, is an up-to-date guide to the central areas of applied linguistics and language studies with particular reference to TESOL. It looks at the current state of TESOL as well as at what is likely to happen in the future...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The teaching and practice of language and literacy is a hotly contested subject. Questions like "what is standard English?", "what is grammar?" and the place accorded to canonical writers in the curriculum continue to provoke controversy. In this A to Z guide to language and literacy, Ronald Carter unpicks the meaning of key terms like "proper English", "real books", "text" and "discourse", and the way in which such concepts are used - and abused - by teachers, politicians, linguists, journalists and employers. Each definition is cross-referenced and supported by examples and references to further reading.

Product Description: This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing. Written in a clear, user-friendly style, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further study...read more

In this challenging and at times controversial book, Ronald Carter addresses the discourse of 'English' as a subject of teaching and learning.Among the key topics investigated are:* grammar* correctness and standard English* critical language awareness and literacy* language and creativity* the methodological integration of language and literature in the curriculum* discourse theory and textual interpretation.Investigating English Discourse is a collection of revised, re-edited and newly written papers which contain extensive contrastive analyses of different styles of international English. These range from casual conversation to advertisement, poetry, jokes, metaphor, stories by canonical writers, public notices and children's writing. Ronald Carter highlights key issues for the study and teaching of 'English' for the year 2000 and beyond, focusing in particular on its political and ideological inflections.Investigating English Discourse is of relevance to teachers and students and researchers in the fields of discourse analysis, English as a first, second and foreign language, language and education, applied and literary linguistics.

Product Description: Working with Texts is a well established textbook that introduces students to the main principles of language analysis, through contemporary text examples. Covering a wide range of language areas, the book uses an interactive, activity-based approach to support students' understanding of language structure and variety...read more

Product Description: In 1963 President John F. Kennedy was shot, Sylvia Plath published The Bell Jar, and the Beatles were in their prime. This was a changing world, which British and Irish writers both contributed to and reflected in drama, poetry and prose...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: John Sinclair is one of the major figures in applied linguistics and his work is essential study for students.This accessible book collects in one volume Sinclair's key papers on written discourse structure, lexis patterns, phraseology, corpus analysis, lexicography and linguistic theory from the 1990s...read more