Language of Speech and Writing

This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge <em>Intertext</em> series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing. Written in a clear user-friendly style it combines practical activities with texts accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further study. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook <em>Working With Texts: A core introduction to language analysis</em>.<br>Aimed at A and AS Level and beginning undergraduate students <em>the Language of Speech and Writing</em>: <br>* Analyses the processes involved in writing and speaking<br>* Highlights the differences between these two modes of communication<br>* Explores written texts from recipes to legal language spoken texts from telephone conversations to interviews and mixed-mode texts from email to adverts<br>* Compares and contrasts spoken and written texts on the same theme