English Style Basics

Author: Xue Han
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Publish Date: 2003-10-24
Features: This book analyzes the five linguistic levels of phonetics, graphemes, vocabulary, grammar, and semantics, describing the main linguistic features of various English styles. It elucidates the intrinsic relationship and general principles between language use and "context," "situation," and "communicative purpose." The book employs contemporary linguistic theories and analytical methods, particularly those of sociolinguistics, functional linguistics, and textual analysis, to study the linguistic features of different English styles and their realized communicative functions.