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Variety in written English : texts in society : societies in text / Tony Bex.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bex, Tony, 1943-
- Series:
- Interface (London, England)
- The interface series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Written English.
- English language.
- English language--Social aspects.
- English language--Variation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Combining insight from a variety of linguistic perspectives including Hallidayan functional linguistics and relevance theory, Tony Bex demonstrates how written texts operate within society to convey meaning. This book:- * looks at a wide variety of written genres - advertisments, letters, poetry and literature * provides an accessible and comprehensive survey of genre theory * proposes a challenging new way of analysing genre which emphasises communicative function * unusually, considers the relevance of linguistic theories of genre to the study of literary texts. * includes numerous exercises
- Contents:
- ""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-83996-0
- 1-282-77759-9
- 9786612777592
- 1-134-83997-9
- 0-203-03902-5
- 9780203039021
- OCLC:
- 70764909
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