TEXT, DISCOURSE AND SOCIETY by Azirah Hashim (Editor), James McLellan (Editor), Maya Khemlani David (Editor) ( 9783631617632 )

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TEXT, DISCOURSE AND SOCIETY
FUNCTIONAL AND PRAGMATIC APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE IN USE

By:

Azirah Hashim (Editor), James McLellan (Editor), Maya Khemlani David (Editor)

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3631617631

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9783631617632

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Publisher:

PETER LANG AG

Pub. date:

26 August, 2011

Series:

Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft / Duisburg Papers on 86

Pages:

222

Description:

Provides a detailed overview of functional and pragmatic approaches to the study of language in use. This book is suitable for students at the postgraduate level and also for undergraduate linguistic students who wish to know about approaches to and relevant theoretical frameworks for language in use.

Synopsis:

This book provides a detailed overview of functional and pragmatic approaches to the study of language in use. Edited by three scholars in the field, it comprises chapters written by academics from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, who have been teaching these courses at the Masters level. The book is therefore useful for students at the postgraduate level and also suitable for undergraduate linguistic students who wish to know about approaches to and relevant theoretical frameworks for language in use. Examples taken from the Malaysian context and works by Malaysians are included in all the chapters making this book a unique and interesting contribution to the field.

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Switzerland

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Peter Lang AG

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