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Variation and Change in English
Четыре главы книги по лингвистике - 177 стр. на английском языке
Chapter 1 - language, dialect, accent, variety and standard English
A brief history of the standardisation of English in England
A brief history of the standardisation of English in the USA
Linguistic variation
Social variation
etc.

Chapter 2 - Pragmatics and Discourse
Language, meaning and communication
Language in context
Language as action
Speech Act Theory
The co-operative principle
Presupposition
etc.

Chapter 3 Stylistics
What is stylistics?
Stylistics, levels of language and grammar
Studying stylistics
etc.

Chapter 4 Critical Discourse Analysis
'Language, society and ideology
Language and reality
etc.
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