商品簡介
How do we understand texts? How do we use language to achieve our aims? As we read, listen to those around us, and speak to others, how do we make use of our knowledge of texts and genres to understand and make ourselves understood?
Discourse and Genre offers an authoritative and systematic approach to analysing language in context, illustrated through discussion of a wide range of authentic texts. In this clear and highly accessible guide, Stephen Bax begins by establishing the nature of discourse and genre, explaining the key terms and concepts, and then sets out an innovative and carefully explained approach to the analysis of language in context. A wealth of examples, including political rhetoric, legal language, text messages, jokes, online gaming interactions, news reports and sports commentaries, allows the reader to connect the study of discourse with the real language we experience around us.
Insightful, practical and engaging, with useful guidance on how to carry out a discourse research project, Discourse and Genre is ideal for students of all levels seeking an in-depth understanding of language in use, either for study or research purposes.
Perspectives on the English language is an innovative series of textbooks for the English language student, together forming a wide-ranging course for undergraduate students of English. The basis of the series is a `core' of three books which together lay the foundations for further study. A set of higher-level textbooks builds on these core books by bringing together the latest thinking in a range of topics in English language. Clearly set out and including relevant exercises and questions, they make both the foundations of language and the latest research accessible to a student audience.
作者簡介
Stephen Bax is Reader in English Language, Learning, Assessment and Technology, in the CRELLA Research Centre at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. He has taught for many years in the UK, the Middle East, Africa and Asia in the areas of language, discourse and education, and his research focuses on language in use in the domains of politics, the media and education.
