How to Analyse Texts

<p><em>How to Analyse Texts </em>is the essential introductory textbook and toolkit for language analysis. This book shows the reader how to undertake detailed language-focussed contextually sensitive analyses of a wide range of texts – spoken written and multimodal. The book constitutes a flexible resource which can be used in different ways across a range of courses and at different levels.</p><p>This textbook includes:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>three parts covering research and study skills language structure and use and how texts operate in sociocultural contexts </li> <li>a wide range of international real-life texts including items from <em>South China Morning Post</em> art’otel Berlin and <em>Metro</em> Sweden which cover digital and print media advertising recipes and much more </li> <li>objectives and skill review for each section activities commentaries suggestions for independent assignments and an analysis checklist for students to follow </li> <li>a combined glossary and index and a comprehensive further reading section </li> <li>a companion website at <b>www.routledge.com/cw/goddard</b> with further links and exercises for students. </li> </ul><p>Written by two experienced teachers of English Language <em>How to Analyse Texts </em>is key reading for all students of English language and linguistics.</p>