Table of Contents

1. Signs 2. Sounds 3. Words and Things 4. Sentences and Structure 5. Text and Context: Written Discourse 6. Text and Context: Spoken Discourse 7. Applications

About the Author

Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki Swift, Adrian Beard

Reviews

'A most flexible book... an invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' -- "Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine" '[This] book, through which a range of insights are made eminently accessible, without condescention... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' -- "Jean-Pierre can Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal"