Research Catalog

Title

Using English from conversation to canon / edited by Janet Maybin and Neil Mercer.

Publication

London [England] : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mercer, Neil.
• Maybin, Janet, 1950-
• Open University.

Description

vi, 326 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

In this book, the second in the series of four, writers from a range of academic disciplines examine a wide variety of texts and discourse; from everyday conversation to the literary canon.

Series Statement

English language: past, present and future.

Uniform Title

English language: past, present and future.

Subjects

• English language > Spoken English
• English language > Social aspects
• Problems and exercises
• Englisch
• English-speaking countries
• LÍNGUA INGLESA (ASPECTOS SOCIAIS)
• Taalvariatie
• Taalgebruik
• Engels
• Readers > Language and languages
• Langues
• Formation
• Readers > English philology
• Canon (Literature) > Problems, exercises, etc
• English philology > Problems, exercises, etc
• Intercultural communication > Problems, exercises, etc
• English language > Spoken English > English-speaking countries > Problems, exercises, etc
• English language > Social aspects > English-speaking countries > Problems, exercises, etc

Genre/Form

Problems and exercises.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.

Contents

Book editors and contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Everyday talk -- 2. Literacy practices in English -- 3. English at work -- 4. Rhetoric in English -- 5. What makes English into art? -- 6. Language play in English -- 7. An English canon? -- 8. A tongue, for sighing -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

ISBN

• 0415131197
• 9780415131193
• 0415131200
• 9780415131209

LCCN

• 96207979
• U210 Book 2

OCLC

• ocm36024241
• 36024241
• SCSB-359611

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library