Investigating English Style [Hardcover]

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language.<br/>

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language.
Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES I Introduction 2 Linguistic Description 3 Stylistic Analysis PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS-SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY 4 The Language of Conversation 5 The Language of Unscripted Commentary. 6 The Language of Religion 7 The Language of Newspaper Reporting 8 The Language of Legal Documents 9 Suggestions for Further AnalysisDavid Crystal Professorial Fellow, University College of North Wales, Bangor. Derek Davy Department of English, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.USCopyright ? 1969, Taylor & Francis.