Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English.Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level English courses. Focusing on the AOs most relevant to their topic, the books help students to develop their knowledge and abilities through analysis of lively texts and contemporary data. Each book in the series covers a different area of language and literary study, and offers accessible explanations, examples, exercises, a glossary of key terms, and suggested answers.Language and Social Contexts: considers language within the social contexts in which it is used and understood covers the key skills and topics, including social contexts, transcripts and the contexts of speech, language and age, language and gender, and regional talk analyzes a wide variety of spoken and written texts, from conversations and text messages to wedding invitations, road signs, police warnings and advertisements offers a step-by-step guide to approaching texts and data and suggestions for structuring a response can be used as both a course text and a revision tool. Written by an experienced teacher, author and AS and A2 examiner, Language and Social Contexts is an essential resource for all students of AS and A2 Level English Language, and English Language and Literature.
Author(s): Amanda Coultas
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 112
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Skills and Concepts......Page 14
Social Contexts and Conventions......Page 16
Socialisation......Page 18
Right and wrong/appropriate and inappropriate......Page 19
Formality......Page 22
Social contexts and speech......Page 25
Transcripts and the Contexts of Speech......Page 30
'Real' conversation/live data......Page 31
Some things to consider when analysing speech......Page 33
Transcripts......Page 35
The importance of contextual information......Page 39
Representation......Page 44
Representation of older people......Page 45
Representation of teenagers......Page 49
Representation of young children......Page 50
Social Topics......Page 54
Introduction: the Role of Research......Page 56
Your own research and ideas......Page 57
Power......Page 58
Power and domination......Page 59
What do we mean by 'language and power'?......Page 60
Socially recognised positions of power......Page 61
Language and manipulation......Page 69
Language, standards and power......Page 71
Non-standard language and power......Page 72
Identity: Gender......Page 74
Ways of approaching 'gender' as a topic......Page 75
Use of research ideas......Page 76
Representation/stereotypes......Page 77
The importance of context......Page 81
Identity: Regional Talk......Page 84
Dialects and boundaries......Page 85
Representing regional talk......Page 87
Regional talk and identity......Page 90
Attitudes to regional talk......Page 92
Suggestions for answer......Page 96
Further reading......Page 108
Glossary......Page 110
