Gebundenes Buch

Text, Discourse and Society

Functional and Pragmatic Approaches to Language in Use

Herausgegeben: McLellan, James; Hashim, Azirah; David, Maya Khemlani

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Azirah Hashim is Professor in the English Language Department, University of Malaya (Malaysia) and Chairperson of the Humanities and Ethics Research Cluster at the same university.
Maya Khemlani David is Professor in the English Language Department, University of Malaya and Head of the Co-curriculum and Electives Section at the same university.
James McLellan is Senior Lecturer in General and Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato (New Zealand).

Produktdetails

• DASK - Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft / Duisburg Papers on Research in Language
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 261763
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 18mm x 148mm x 210mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9783631617632
• ISBN-10: 3631617631
• Artikelnr.: 33699261