Books written by Susan Conrad

Variation in English: Multi-Dimensional Studies

Word 15: 325—340 Ferguson, C. (1983) 'Sports announcer talk: Syntactic aspects of register variation'. Language in Society 12: 153-172 Finegan, E. and Biber, D. (1995) 'That and zero complementisers in Late Modern English: Exploring ...
Grammar of Spoken and Written English

(fict) Carden Park is proof that 49 year-old Broome is not a man of compromises, though it is not his greatest project. (news) Although I felt a little lonely, my exaltation of the morning had not worn off.
Register, Genre, and Style

Hunston, Susan. 1993. Evaluation and ideology in scientific writing. In Ghadess (ed.) 1993a, 57—74. . 2005. Conflict and consensus: construing opposition in applied linguistics. In Tognini-Bonelli and Camiciotti 2005, 1—16.
Register, Genre, and Style

... across historical periods (based on samples of c. 500 words of narrative prose from each novel) Average sentence Date Author Novel length 1720 Daniel Defoe Life and Adventures of 144 Duncan Campbell 1720 William Pitts The Jamaica ...
Variation in English: Multi-Dimensional Studies

Annual Review of Anthropology 16: 383–407 Coates, J. (1993) Women, men, and language, 2nd edn. London: Longman Coates, J. (1996) ... Word 15: 325–340 Ferguson, C. (1983) 'Sports announcer talk:Syntactic aspects of register variation'.
Register, Genre, and Style

In J. Gumperz and D. Hymes, eds., Directions in sociolinguistics: The ethnography of communication, 213–250. ... Ferguson, Charles. 1983. ... In P. Eckert and J. Rickford, eds., Style and sociolinguistic variation, 235–67.
Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use

The passage is repeated here for convenience with these referring expressions italicized: Thortec International Inc. said it reached [agreements] with [an investor group] and [Wells Fargo Bank] under which it will receive [loans] and ...
The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics

At the same time, multilingualism, interdisciplinarity, and technology are integrated as themes within the text to reflect how these areas are now interwoven throughout applied linguistics.
Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use

An investigation into the way people use language in speech and writing, this volume introduces the corpus-based approach, which is based on analysis of large databases of real language examples stored on computer.
Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage

In the spring of 2010, with her world scaled down to an 18-foot sea kayak and the 1,200-mile ribbon of water called the Inside Passage, Susan Conrad launched a journey that took her north to Alaska.
The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics

At the same time, multilingualism, interdisciplinarity, and technology are integrated as themes within the text to reflect how these areas are now interwoven throughout applied linguistics.
Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English

The " Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English " is a revolutionary, corpus-based reference grammar of English, based on a groundbreaking research project to analyze the ways in which...
Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook Arab Ouedition

This is the workbook to accompany the 'Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English'.
Real Grammar: A Corpus-based Approach to English

Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing grammar, reading and writing skills. Real Grammar uses the latest corpus research to show how 50 grammatical structures are used in speech and writing.
The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics

Reenvisioning language anxiety in the globalized classroom through a social imaginary lense. Language Learning, 65(3), ... From the “good kids” to the “worst”: Representations of English language learners across educational settings.
Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English

This grammar reference is written for the advanced student.