Instructional writing in English : studies in honour of Risto Hiltunen /
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Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 189 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 189. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280862 |
Other authors / contributors: | Peikola, Matti. Skaffari, Janne. Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa. Hiltunen, Risto. |
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ISBN: | 9789027290489 9027290482 9789027254245 9027254249 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | The history of English writing is, to a considerable extent, the history of instructional writing in English. This volume is the first collection of papers to focus on instructional writing throughout the history of the language. Spanning a millennium of English texts, the materials studied represent procedural and behavioural discourse in a variety of genres. The primary texts, from Ælfric's homilies to medieval cooking recipes to seventeenth-century American conduct literature to present-day language textbooks, display a variety of linguistic devices typical of instruction. The materials non. |
Other form: | Print version: Instructional writing in English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027254245 9027254249 |
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