Bush telegraph : readings in writing / by Luke Strongman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strongman, Luke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English language--Usage--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A ""bush telegraph"" is an antipodean slang noun phrase for a ""grapevine"" or an informal network of communication. The title of this book on English language use comes from the fact that the book is written from the southern hemisphere (where the idea of a ""bush telegraph"" is more widely-known) and because the concept of a ""bush telegraph"" describes what the book provides - a discussion of salient points in English language use and tertiary teaching across branches of interrelated interests. Ea...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NIN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CONCLUSION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-7168-0

OCLC:

897070712