The Language of Speech and Writing

by Sandra Cornbleet, Ronald Carter

This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext 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 Working With Texts: A core introduction to language analysis .
Aimed at A and AS Level and beginning undergraduate students, the Language of Speech and Writing :
* Analyses the processes involved in writing and speaking
* Highlights the differences between these two modes of communication
* Explores written texts from recipes to legal language, spoken texts from telephone conversations to interviews and mixed-mode texts from email to adverts
* Compares and contrasts spoken and written texts on the same theme

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Kate Bradley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was first published in 2001, and it's very very behind the times now - we used it for A-level and we ended up having to tell the person leading the class the ways in which this book was out-dated and simply incorrect. Even in 2001, it would have been patronising and not particularly informative. This might be a useful introduction for complete beginners (aged about 16 or below) but it's not helpful beyond that point.