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Working with Texts
A Core Introduction to Language Analysis. Intertext
Edited by
Adrian Beard
Genres:
Semantics
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Synopsis
Working with Texts is a well established textbook that introduces students to the main principles of language analysis, through contemporary text examples. Covering a wide range of language areas, the book uses an interactive, activity-based approach to support students' understanding of language structure and variety.
The third edition includes: new material on analyzing sound; an updated range of texts, including literary extracts, advertisements, newspaper articles, comic book strips, excerpts from popular comedy sketches, political speeches, telephone discourse, and internet chat; new extension work to support student-directed study; detailed suggestions after each unit for further reading within the Intertext series as a whole; and an updated list of URLs. New & Used
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'[This] book ... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicativ
'[This] book, through which a range of insights are made eminently accessible, without condescentio
"This is an excellent introductory
language studies since it works as an introduction
challenging,