Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki Swift, Adrian Beard

• 1. Signs 2. Sounds 3. Words and Things 4. Sentences and Structure 5. Text and Context: Written Discourse 6. Text and Context: Spoken Discourse 7. Applications

'A most flexible book ... An invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' – Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine'[This] book ... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' – Jean-Pierre van Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal

Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki Swift, Adrian Beard

• 1. Signs 2. Sounds 3. Words and Things 4. Sentences and Structure 5. Text and Context: Written Discourse 6. Text and Context: Spoken Discourse 7. Applications

'A most flexible book ... An invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' – Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine'[This] book ... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' – Jean-Pierre van Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal

Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki Swift, Adrian Beard

• 1. Signs 2. Sounds 3. Words and Things 4. Sentences and Structure 5. Text and Context: Written Discourse 6. Text and Context: Spoken Discourse 7. Applications

'A most flexible book ... An invaluable resource both for the quality and presentation of its source material and for the clarity and economy of its writing.' – Renee Stanton, The English and Media Magazine'[This] book ... give[s] the serious student not only a wide range of knowledge, but also a high degree of communicative competence.' – Jean-Pierre van Noppen, Linguistics and Poetics Journal