Language as Behaviour, Language as Code : a study of academic English.

Language as Behaviour, Language as Code : a study of academic English.

This work arose from the desire to teach foreign students in North America a particular variety of language used in their disciplines (speech situations), whereupon the inadequacy or non-existence of previous study became apparent. Given this raison d'être, the work first illustrates one appro...

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Main Author: Young, Lynne (Linguist)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.
Subjects:
English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Foreign speakers > Social aspects.
Interdisciplinary approach in education > Social aspects.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
English language > Social aspects.
Pragmatics.
pragmatics.
Education, Higher > Social aspects
English language > Social aspects
English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Foreign speakers > Social aspects
Interdisciplinary approach in education > Social aspects
Pragmatics
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Table of Contents:
  • LANGUAGE AS BEHAVIOUR, LANGUAGE AS CODE A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Chapter 1: The Social Functional Linguistic Tradition and Approach; Diagram 1: Communication linguistics model of language; Chapter 2: Analysis; PART ONE: SITUATING THE ANALYSIS; PART TWO: PHASAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 3: Results; PART ONE: REGISTERIAL CONSTRUCTS; PART TWO: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SPOKEN DISCOURSES AND WRITTEN TEXTS; Chapter 4: Conclusion; PART ONE: A REAPPRAISAL OF THE MODEL OF ANALYSIS.
  • PART TWO: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONSAppendix 1: Transitivity System; Appendix 2: Mood System; Appendix 3: Chart of E.R. Ewer's Modals; Appendix 4: Charts of Phasal Characteristics: Discourses and Texts; Appendix 5: Transcripts of Discourses and Texts; Appendix 6: Discourse and Text Phases; Appendix 7: Sample Worksheet for Analysis; References.

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