Language in Use  3

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor M. A. K. Halliday ----------------------------4

Introduction

What is Language in Use? ---------------------------------------------- 7
What it hopes to achieve  ----------------------------------------------- 8
The proper study of language -------------------------------------------11

Index of units --------------------------------------------------------------14

I. Language - its nature and function (45 units) -----------------------17

'A: Using language to convey information', ---------------------19
'B: Using language expressively',----------------------------------47
'C: Sound and symbol' i.e. phonology and phonetics ----------67
'D: Pattern in language', i.e. grammar ----------------------------89

II. Language and individual man (33 units)-----------------------------117

        'E: Language and reality' -------------------------------------------121
        'F: Language and culture' ------------------------------------------141
        'G: Language and experience' -------------------------------------165

III. Language and social man (32 units) ------------------------------- 193

'H: Language and individual relationships'------------------------195
'J: Language in social relationships' -------------------------------217
'K: Language in social organisations' -----------------------------241

Using the units -------------------------------------------------------265

Further reading ------------------------------------------------------283

Glossary --------------------------------------------------------------285

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