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Context in the System and Process of Language: The Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan Volume 4
Jonathan J. Webster
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Description for Context in the System and Process of Language: The Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan Volume 4
Paperback. Focuses on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. Acting as the interface between language and society, context analysis reveals the power of language for creating, maintaining, and changing human relationships. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
The concept context of situation introduced by Malinowski some eighty years ago has now become an essential element of the vocabulary of any linguistic theory whose aim it is to reveal the nature of language. With the abandonment of the spurious distinction between competence and performance, the process of language, i.e., language use, has claimed its rightful place in the study of language. The chapters of this book focus on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. It is argued that context is not simply a backdrop for the occurrence ... Read more
The concept context of situation introduced by Malinowski some eighty years ago has now become an essential element of the vocabulary of any linguistic theory whose aim it is to reveal the nature of language. With the abandonment of the spurious distinction between competence and performance, the process of language, i.e., language use, has claimed its rightful place in the study of language. The chapters of this book focus on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. It is argued that context is not simply a backdrop for the occurrence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904768401
SKU
V9781904768401
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About Jonathan J. Webster
Ruqaiya Hasan, who died in 2015, was a professor of linguistics who taught and held visiting positions at various universities in England. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University, Australia, from where she retired as Emeritus Professor in 1994.Jonathan J. Webster is Professor, Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, and Director, The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies ... Read more
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