Bøker av Jane Hodson

This text draws on ideas and approaches from linguistics in order to investigate the ways in which different dialects of English are represented in a range of films and literary texts. The focus is more on spoken than on written varieties. It contains examples, analyses, exercises and readings in each chapter to help students along the way.

Explores the relationship among political persuasion, literary style, and linguistic theory, focusing on four key texts: Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France", Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Men", Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man", and William Godwin's "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice".