Working with Texts is a well established textbook that introduces
students to the main principles of language analysis, through
contemporary text examples. Covering a wide range of language areas, the
book uses an interactive, activity-based approach to support students'
understanding of language structure and variety.
The third edition includes: new material on analyzing sound; an updated
range of texts, including literary extracts, advertisements, newspaper
articles, comic book strips, excerpts from popular comedy sketches,
political speeches, telephone discourse, and internet chat; new
extension work to support student-directed study; detailed suggestions
after each unit for further reading within the Intertext series as a
whole; and an updated list of URLs.