Working With Texts

This is a core book that provides a basic foundation for understanding aspects of English language crucial in the analysis of texts. '...It is informative, challenging, engaging and entertaining.'- M Toolan, University of Birmingham

Signs and sounds
Signs
Sounds
Words and things
What are words made of?
Word and meaning
Historical dimensions
Sentences and structures
Nouns and patterns
Verbs and patterns
Sentences and patterns
Texts and patterns
Text and context: written discourse
Make and mend
Tracing the patterns
The textile industry
Text and context: spoken discourse
Speech events
Storytelling
Speeches
Conversation: some ground rules
Conversation in practice
The representation of talk
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