Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986) (Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society Series) - Hardcover

Nash, Walter

 
9781138242364: Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986) (Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138242365 ISBN 13: 9781138242364
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

First published in 1986, this book examines the changing patterns in English usage and style. It encourages a constructive attitude to language, demonstrating the creative resources of grammar, discussing in detail the options of written style, and challenging the authoritarian spirit that inhibits usage. The central chapters are concerned with written usage, and pay close attention to questions of syntax and punctuation. The sense of writing, however, is always related to speech, and the value of usage as a social act is emphasised in the exploration of style as an individual function. Technical terms are explained and the text is illustrated with examples from literature and journalism.

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Walter Nash

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138242365
ISBN 13 
9781138242364
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
184

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