Overview
Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive resource books, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics. Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline. Section A, Introduction , establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers' techniques of analysis through practical application. Section B, Extension , brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field. Section C, Exploration , builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research projects. Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader's understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions. Grammar in Context : * considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes place * examines the interaction of a wide variety of contexts - including socio-cultural, situational and global influences * includes a range of different types of grammar - functional, pedagogic, descriptive and prescriptive * explores grammatical features in a lively variety of communicative contexts, such as advertising, dinner-table talk, email and political speeches * gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: David Crystal, M.A.K. Halliday, Joanna Thornborrow, Ken Hyland and Stephen Levey Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Grammar in Context is an essential resource for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics.
Full Product Details
Author: Ann Hewings (The Open University, UK) ,
Martin Hewings
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.700kg
ISBN: 9780415310802
ISBN 10: 0415310806
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 February 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'... I found many of the ideas here useful as stimuli for my own undergraduate students ... there is much to recommend this text as a coursebook for use with groups of students ... ' - BaaL News 'Overall, there is much to recommend this text as a coursebook ... It offers some very useful starting points for investigation of both concepts and research topics.' - Gill Boag-Munroe, Baal News
<p>'... I found many of the ideas here useful as stimuli for my own undergraduate students ... there is much to recommend this text as a coursebook for use with groups of students ... ' ? BaaL News<p>'Overall, there is much to recommend this text as a coursebook ... It offers some very useful starting points for investigation of both concepts and research topics.' ? Gill Boag-Munroe, Baal News
Author Information
Ann Hewings is a lecturer in the excellent Centre for Language and Communications at the OU and has been developing the new OU grammar course (so she's in touch with current developments). Martin is a senior lecturer in the English for International Students Unit at the University of Birmingham. He is an established ELT author with a strong reputation.
