Grammar and Context: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge Applied Linguistics)

Hewings, Ann; Hewings, Martin

ISBN 10: 0415310806 / ISBN 13: 9780415310802

Published by Routledge, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grammar and Context: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge Applied Linguistics)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415310806
• ISBN 13: 9780415310802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1753741509.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47204526
• Signed: 7/28/2025 10:25:09 PM
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Synopsis

Grammar and Context:

• considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes place
• examines the interaction of a wide variety of contexts – including socio-cultural, situational and global influences
• includes a range of different types of grammar – functional, pedagogic, descriptive and prescriptive
• explores grammatical features in a lively variety of communicative contexts, such as advertising, dinner-table talk, email and political speeches
• gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: David Crystal, M.A.K. Halliday, Joanna Thornborrow, Ken Hyland and Stephen Levey.

The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415310814/

About the Author

Ann Hewings is a lecturer in the excellent Centre for Language and Communications at the OU and has been developing the new OU grammar course (so she's in touch with current developments). Martin is a senior lecturer in the English for International Students Unit at the University of Birmingham. He is an established ELT author with a strong reputation.