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 JUNE 2009  480pp  Paperback  978-1-4039-4590-7  £19.99  Language in Literature: Stylistics; M.Short CONTENTS Literary Practices; D.Barton What is the English New Technologies: Literacies in Cyberspace; U.Papen INTRODUCTION: STUDYING THE PART IV: ENGLISH: COMMUNICATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND INTERACTION (ed. R.Wodak) language like? PART I: ENGLISH: STRUCTURE (ed. F.Katamba) Structures of Conversation; G.Myers Phonetics; K.Watson Language, Reality and Power; N.Fairclough : Segmental; F.Katamba Politeness in Interaction: J.Culpeper Phonology: Beyond Segmental; F.Katamba Gender and Language; J.Sunderland : Word Structure; F.Katamba Language and Sexuality; P.Baker Grammar: Words (and Phrases); G.Leech Bad Language; T.McEnery Why is it like that? Grammar: Phrases (and Clauses); G.Leech Language and Politics; R.Wodak Grammar: Clauses (and Sentences); G.Leech Business Communication; V.Koller Text Linguistics; P.Chilton PART V: ENGLISH: HISTORY (ed. J.Culpeper) Semantics; A.Siewierska Standard English and Standardisation; P.Kerswill Pragmatics; J.Culpeper & G. Schauer What do we need to know & J. Culpeper PART II: ENGLISH SPEECH: REGIONAL AND Spelling; J.Culpeper & D.Archer SOCIAL VARIATION (ed. P.Kerswill) Phonological Change; F.Katamba & P.Kerswill in order to study it? Regional Variation in English Accents and Dialects; Lexical Change; S.Hoffmann K.Watson Semantic Change; W.Hollmann Language and Social Class; P.Kerswill Grammatical Change; W.Hollmann Language and Ethnicity; A.Khan PART VI: ENGLISH: LEARNING AND TEACHING ‘This volume proves that it is still possible to make Pidgins and Creoles Englishes; M.Sebba (ed. T.McEnery) World Englishes; M.Sebba a difference in a world flooded by introductory Language Acquisition; A.Hardie PART III: ENGLISH WRITING: STYLE, GENRE Languages and Literacies in Education; R.Ivanic textbooks – giving the English language in all its AND PRACTICE (ed. J.Culpeper) TESOL and Linguistics; M.Bygate fascinating richness centre stage!’ Speech, Writing and Discourse Type; A.Wilson Appendix Language in Newspapers; E.Semino Bibliography Professor Bernd Kortmann, Department of English, University of Freiburg, Germany Language in Advertisements; G.Myers Index

This wide ranging and research-led introductory textbook not only presents the English language from multiple perspectives, but provides the reader with the necessary Edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Senior Lecturer of English Language, Francis Katamba, grounding in linguistics to investigate it for themselves. Professor of Linguistics, , Professor of , , Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies, and Tony McEnery, Professor of English Language and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, all in the Department of K ey Features: Linguistics and English Language at , UK.

 Each chapter includes ‘Advances’ boxes, designed to give readers a sense of controversies, debates and further research in the area, and ‘Illustrations’ boxes, which contain extended and additional examples to facilitate learning. Request your inspection copy today!  Covers both traditional topics and topics that have more recently come to prominence, notably concerning language use in context.  Email: [email protected]

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