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Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986): A Guide to First Principles

Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986): A Guide to First Principles

Paperback

Series: Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society, Book 3

Grammar & StyleLinguisticsTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1138242438
ISBN13: 9781138242432
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 31 2019
Pages: 184
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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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