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Genre/Form: | Aufgabensammlung Problems and exercises Problems, exercises, etc Problèmes et exercices |
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Named Person: | Englisch |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald Carter |
ISBN: | 0415234646 9780415234641 0415234654 9780415234658 |
OCLC Number: | 45394131 |
Description: | xviii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Contents: | Unit 1. Signs and sounds -- Signs -- Sounds -- Unit 2. Words and things -- What are Words Made of? -- Words and Meanings -- Words and Histories -- Unit 3. Sentences and structures -- Nouns and Patterns -- Verbs and Patterns -- Sentences and Patterns -- Unit 4. Text and context: written discourse -- Make and Mend -- Tracing the Patterns -- The Textile Industry -- Unit 5. Text and context: spoken discourse -- Speech Events -- Storytelling -- Speeches -- Conversation -- The Representation of Talk -- Unit 6. Applications. |
Series Title: | Intertext (London, England) |
Responsibility: | Ronald Carter [and others]. |
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Abstract:
This is a revised and updated version of this introductory language text book. Including a range of activities and projects, the book introduces the core areas of language structure and grammar through the analysis of real texts.
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'a most flexible book... an invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' - Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine'[this] book, through which a range of insights are made eminently accessible, without condescension... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' - Jean-Pierre can Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal Read more...
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