Investigating English Discourse - Hardback

In this challenging and at times controversial book, Ronald Carter addresses the discourse of 'English' as a subject of teaching and learningAmong the key topics investigated are* gramma* correctness and standard Englis* critical language awareness and literac* language and creativit* the methodological integration of language and literature in the curriculu* discourse theory and textual interpretationInvestigating English Discourseis a collection of revised, re-edited and newly written papers which contain extensive contrastive analyses of different styles of international English. These range from casual conversation to advertisement, poetry, jokes, metaphor, stories by canonical writers, public notices and children's writing. Ronald Carter highlights key issues for the study and teaching of 'English' for the year 2000 and beyond, focusing in particular on its political and ideological inflectionsInvestigating English Discourseis of relevance to teachers and students and researchers in the fields of discourse analysis, English as a first, second and foreign language, language and education, applied and literary linguistics.