Grammar and Context considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes placeexamines the interaction of a wide variety of contexts including socio-cultural, situational and global influencesincludes a range of different types of grammar functional, pedagogic, descriptive and prescriptiveexplores grammatical features in a lively variety of communicative contexts, such as advertising, dinner-table talk, email and political speechesgathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: David Crystal, M.A.K. Halliday, Joanna Thornborrow, Ken Hyland and Stephen Levey.
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