Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986)

A Guide to First Principles

Walter Nash (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-24243-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Walter Nash

General editor’s preface; Preface; 1 The usage trap 2 A little grammar: Styles of sentences 3 Prescriptions 4 Options 5 Punctuations 6 Authorities: Under which king?; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.05.2019
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10	1-138-24243-8 / 1138242438
ISBN-13	978-1-138-24243-2 / 9781138242432
Zustand	Neuware