[PDF] The Collected Works Of Ruqaiya Hasan eBook

Author : Ruqaiya Hasan
Publisher : Equinox
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781904768395

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The concept "context of situation" introduced by Malinowski some eighty years ago has now become an essential element of the vocabulary of any linguistic theory whose aim is to reveal the nature of language. With the abandonment of the spurious distinction between competence and performance, the process of language, i.e., language use, has claimed its rightful place in the study of language. The chapters of this book focus on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. It is argued that context is not simply a backdrop for the occurrence of words; rather, it is an active element which on the one hand plays a crucial role in the progression of human discourse and on the other enters into and shapes the very nature of language as process and as system, furnishing the foundation for functionality in language. Acting as the interface between language and society, context analysis reveals the power of language for creating, maintaining and changing human relationships.

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File Size : 14,92 MB
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Each volume in this series on the work of Ruqaiya Hasan† comprises a selection of unpublished and previously published papers accompanied by a preface developing the theme and explaining the background. Ruqaiya Hasan taught and held visiting positions at various universities in England, America and Australia. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University, Australia, from where she retired as Emeritus Professor in 1994. Throughout her career she has researched and published widely in the areas of stylistics, culture, context and text, lexicogrammar and semantic variation. The latter involved the devising of extensive semantic system networks for the analysis of meaning in naturally occurring dialogues. Her work continues to exert a powerful influence on researchers and educators working on theories of social and linguistic development.

Author : Ruqaiya Hasan
Publisher : Equinox
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781904768340

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The development of society, language & mind are co-genetic: each depends upon the other two elements. This book explores the intimate relationships that bind these essential parts of our experiential existence.