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1. Narrative

   A Critical Linguistic Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Michael J Toolan

   Series: Interface

   Narrative explores a range of written, spoken, literary and non-literary narratives. It shows what systematic attention to language can reveal about the narratives themselves, their tellers, and those to whom they are addressed. Topics examined include plot structure, time manipulations, point of...

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Language Teaching

   Integrational Linguistic Approaches

   Edited by Michael Toolan

   Series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

   This book demonstrates the relevance of an integrational linguistic perspective to a practical, real-world need, namely the learning of languages. Integrational linguistics’ shunning of both realist and structuralist theories of language, its commitment to an unwavering attention to the perspective...

   Published August 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Critical Discourse Analysis

   Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   Edited by Michael Toolan

   Series: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   Over the last decade, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has accrued an exceptional amount of attention across a wide number of academic disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.In almost every field of human activity, we are surrounded by and caught up in a network of texts and...

   Published May 22nd 2002 by Routledge
4. Narrative

   A Critical Linguistic Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Michael J Toolan

   Series: Interface

   Narrative explores a range of written, spoken, literary and non-literary narratives. It shows what systematic attention to language can reveal about the narratives themselves, their tellers, and those to whom they are addressed. Topics examined include plot structure, time manipulations, point of...

   Published July 25th 2001 by Routledge
5. Language in Literature

   By Michael Toolan

   An activity-based introduction to stylistics, this textbook explains some of the topics in literary linguistics and helps students in analysing written texts. How can you tell good writing - the excellent, the brilliant and the ingenious - from bad writing - the weak, the banal and the confusing?...

   Published January 29th 1998 by Routledge