Discourse and Genre: Using Language in Context

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Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 225
Series: Perspectives on the English Language, 10
Edition: 2010
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This accessible guide to discourse employs an innovative, inductive approach, with a clear focus on genre that allows students to examine language in context. Using real texts, students are shown how each dimension of discourse links together and are offered practical guidance on how to carry out a discourse analysis project.

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