Language of Speech and Writing

This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertextseries is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing. Written in a clear, user-friendly style, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further study. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook Working With Texts: A core introduction to language analysisAimed at A and AS Level and beginning undergraduate students, the Language of Speech and Writing* Analyses the processes involved in writing and speakin* Highlights the differences between these two modes of communicatio* Explores written texts from recipes to legal language, spoken texts from telephone conversations to interviews and mixed-mode texts from email to advert* Compares and contrasts spoken and written texts on the same theme