Revised and updated edition of the popular A Level text, Grammar, Structure & Style, offering a practical guide to English Language
Introduction Section I Categorizing Texts Text Varieties Language and Gender Language and Power Language and Technology Section II Creating Texts Writing to Inform and Instruct Writing to Entertain and Persuade Section III Developing Language Language Acquisition Language Change Section IV Investigating Language Establishing an Appropriate Context for Language Investigation Collecting, Transcribing and Interpreting Data Evaluating and Drawing Conclusions Presenting Findings and Referencing Reading Materials Media Texts