The Language of Speech and Writing (Intertext)

The Language of Speech and Writing (Intertext)

Yazar : Ronald Carter
Yayınevi : Routledge
ISBN : 9780415231671
Baskı yılı : 2001
Sayfa sayısı : 144
Ağırlık : 0.27 kg
Edisyon : 1
Stok durumu : Tükendi   
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. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook Working With Texts: A core introduction to language analysis. Aimed at A and AS Level and beginning undergraduate students, the Language of Speech and Writing: * Analyses the processes involved in writing and speaking * Highlights the differences between these two modes of communication * Explores written texts from recipes to legal language, spoken texts from telephone conversations to interviews and mixed-mode texts from email to adverts * Compares and contrasts spoken and written texts on the same theme
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1
Unit 1 The nature of writing 5
What is writing? 5
Other features of writing 10
Three influential factors 12
Unit 2 The nature of speaking 17
What is speaking? 17
Simply sounds? 18
Developing speaking skills 19
Appropriateness 20
Context, purpose, receiver 22
The nature of everyday speech 26
The phatic nature of conversation 28
To speak or not to speak 29
Unit 3 The language of writing 33
Context 34
Effect on language 35
Genre 40
Genre expectations 46
Language of specialised writing 54
Unit 4 The language of speaking 59
Lexis 62
Lexical creativity 64
Discourse 64
Functions of speech 69
Unit 5 The relationship between speech and writing 73
Choosing whether to speak or to write 73
Factors affecting choice 74
Effect on language 77
A question of degree 80
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