“carter ronald”

Vocabulary has been one of the growth areas of language study over the past three decades. In the second edition of this definitive study, Ronald Carter updates progress in key areas of language description and applied linguistics. This new edition includes new material on the relationship between v... More

The Cambridge Grammar of English is a major new reference grammar from the world's leading grammar publisher. Written by highly respected experts in the field using extensive corpus research, it offers comprehensive coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. A clear two-par... More

This completely updated and expanded second edition of the wide-ranging and accessible "Routledge History of Literature in English" covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature with accompanying language notes exploring the interrelationships between language and liter... More

In this handy A to Z guide to language and literacy, Ronald Carter unpicks the meaning of key terms like "proper English," "real books," "text" and "discourse," and the ways in which such concepts are used--and abused--by teachers, politicians, linguists, journalists and employers. Each concise def... More

"Investigating English Discourse" is a collection of essays that address the discourse of "English" as a subject of teaching and learning. Ronald Carter draws on recent applied linguistic work in the discourse analysis of English to link theory with practice. Written in a clear, accessible manner, C... More

"Language and Creativity" explores the creativity inherent in everyday spoken language. Creativity in language has conventionally been regarded as the preserve of institutionalized discourses such as canonical literature and the discourse of advertising. In "Language and Creativity" Ronald Carter an... More

The second edition of "Working with Texts" is a fully revised and updated version of a well-established introductory language textbook. Including a huge range of activities and projects, the book introduces the core areas of language structure and grammar through the analysis of real texts. The seco... More

The Cambridge Grammar of English is a major new reference grammar from the world's leading grammar publisher. Using ground breaking language research, it offers clear explanations of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. A clear two-part structure makes the book particularly user-... More

This important book, with 32 chapters by leading figures in the field, is an up-to-date guide to the central areas of applied linguistics and language studies with particular reference to TESOL. It looks at the current state of TESOL as well as at what is likely to happen in the future.... More

From Corpus to Classroom summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing particularly on spoken data. It is based on analysis of corpora such as CANCODE and Cambridge International Corpus, and written with particular reference to the development of corpus-informed pedagogy. ... More