Personal Pronouns in Present-Day English

Hardback

Main Details

Title Personal Pronouns in Present-Day English
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Katie Wales
SeriesStudies in English Language
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159
Category/GenreGrammar and syntax
ISBN/Barcode 9780521471022
ClassificationsDewey:425
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 21 Tables, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 November 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is the first comprehensive book-length analysis of personal pronouns in present-day English. Drawing on the Survey of English (SEU) corpus and the International Corpus of English (ICE-GB), Katie Wales examines a wide variety of discourses, texts and varieties of English around the world. Her approach is pragmatic and functional, rather than formal, and her concern is with speakers and writers and their uses of language in social, cultural and rhetorical contexts. The discussion is illustrated with numerous examples of the usage of personal pronouns and also of reflexives and possessives.