Living language
By: author team: Jane Bluett [and others] ; series editors: Jane Bluett and John Shuttleworth
Edition: Third edition.
Series: Living language; Living language
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Educational
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781444167733; 9780340939550
Subjects: English language; Study and teaching (Secondary); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; General
Description: Living Language 3rd edition' has been devised to meet all the new specifications for AS and A level English Language. The best-selling previous edition has been comprehensively revised to ensure full assessment objectives coverage and fulfilment, and delivery of the new four-unit courses from 2008 onwards. 'Living Language 3rd edition' provides linguistic theory, information and ideas which are easily accessed via supported activities and investigations. The text will actively develop students' skills in reading, listening and responding to an extensive range of text genres and data. Building.
Notes: Originally published: 1997, 2nd ed 2000.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Book title; Contents; Introduction; 1 Key Concepts for Studying English; Introduction; Semantics; Lexis or vocabulary; Grammar and syntax; Sound patterning and phonology; Language functions; Pragmatics; Context; Text and discourse; Intertextuality; Narrative; Cohesion and coherence; Rhetoric; 2 Language and Social Contexts; Exploring language variation; Language and gender; Language variation across Britain; Changing technology and language use; Language and occupation; Power relationships and language; 3 Investigating Language; What is a language investigation?; title: How to structure a language investigationIdeas for language investigations; The creative element; 4 Creating Your Own Texts; Getting started; Writing to entertain; Writing to persuade; Writing to inform; Writing to instruct; Writing commentaries on your work; 5 How Language Develops; Language acquisition; Language change; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.