Using English : from conversation to canon
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Using English : from conversation to canon
Routledge, 1996
- : pbk
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"Published in association with the Open University" -- T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [311]-318
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780415131193
Description
English is used the world over by people at work, play and in artistic endeavours. In this book, the second in the series of four, writers from a range of academic disciplines examine a wide variety of texts and discourses, from everyday conversation to the literary canon.
Topics include:
* everyday conversation
* English in the workplace
* English and Rhetoric
* literacy practices in English
* English and popular culture
* what makes English into art? * language and literature
Highly interdisciplinary in approach, it provides a coherent introduction to the ways in which language is shaped and used in practice. This book will be an invaluable text for all students of Language, Communication Studies, Literacy and Literature.
Table of Contents
- Everday conversations, Janet Maybin
- literacy practices, Mike Baynham
- English at work, Neil Mercer
- performance, persuasion and construction, Robin Wooffitt
- what makes language into art?
- English canons, Janet Maybin
- a tongue for sighing, Jane Miller
- language, art and popular culture, Guy Cook.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415131209
Description
In this book, writers from a range of academic disciplines examine a wide variety of text and discourse: from everyday conversation to the literary canon.
Table of Contents
1. Everday Talk Janet Maybin 2. Literacy Practices Mike Baynham 3. English at Work Neil Mercer 4. Performance, Persuasion and Construction Robin Wooffitt 5. What Makes Language into Art? Lesley Jeffries 6. English Canons Janet Maybin 7. A Tongue for Sighing Jane Miller 8. Language Art and Popular Culture Guy Cook
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