Contrastive Rhetoric - Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second Language Writing

Zusatztext 'Like other titles in the Cambridge Applied Linguistic series, Contrastive Rhetoric is clearly organised to allow both the lay teacher and the specialist in second language writing ease of access to specific information whilst also being a satisfying cover to cover read.' VATME Newsletter No 73, 1997 Klappentext This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. Zusammenfassung Shows how a person's first language and culture influence writing in a second language. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1 PRELIMINARIES: EARLY PHASES OF THE FIELD; 1 Toward an extended definition of contrastive rhetoric; 2 Contrastive rhetoric studies in applied linguistics; 3 Historical evaluation of contrastive rhetoric: from Kaplan's 1966 study to diversification in languages! genres! and authors; PART 2 INTERFACES WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES; 4 Contrastive rhetoric and the field of rhetoric and composition; 5 Contrastive rhetoric and text linguistics; 6 Writing as an activity embedded in a culture; 7 Contrastive rhetoric and translation studies; 8 Genre-specific studies in contrastive rhetoric; PART 3 IMPLICATIONS OF CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC; 9 Methods of research in contrastive rhetoric; 10 Conclusion: Implications and research directions

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• Authors: Ulla Connor, Ulla M Connor, Connor Ulla M., Connor Ulla M.
• Assisted by: Michael H. Long (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521446884
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44688-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Cambridge Applied Linguistics; Print on demand titles
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Sociolinguistics, Language teaching theory and methods, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Applied linguistics for ELT