Spoken and written language

This books identifies the important differences between speaking and writing. Halliday leads the reader from the development of speech in infancy, through an account of writing systems, to a comparative treatment of spoken and written language, contrasting the prosodic features and grammatical intri...

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Main Author: Halliday, M. A. K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 1989
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Summary:This books identifies the important differences between speaking and writing. Halliday leads the reader from the development of speech in infancy, through an account of writing systems, to a comparative treatment of spoken and written language, contrasting the prosodic features and grammatical intricacy of speech with the high lexical density and grammatical metaphor or writing.
Item Description:Koleksi Wakaf: Prof. Datin Dr. Hajah Hajibah Haji Osman
Physical Description:xvi, 109 pages 24 cm
ISBN:9780194371537