Detalle del libro
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1. Lexical and semantic contents
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Lexicon
1.2.1. Personal identity
1.2.2. Housing, home and real estate
1.2.3. Food and drinks
1.2.4. Healthcare and physical care
1.2.5. Personal and social relationships
1.2.6. Work and professional activities
1.2.7. Education and academic activities
1.2.8. Leisure
1.2.9. Travel, accommodation and transport
1.2.10. Purchasing and trading activities
1.2.11. Goods and services
1.2.12. Economy and industry
1.2.13. Government, politics and society
1.2.14. Information and mass media
1.2.15. Culture and artistic activities
1.2.16. Religion and philosophy
1.2.17. Geography, nature and environment
1.2.18. Science and technology
1.3. Word formation
1.4. Collocations
1.5. Idiomatic expressions and fixed phrases
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2. Grammatical contents
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Sentences
2.2.1. Simple sentence and clauses
2.2.2. Compound sentences
2.3. Noun phrase
2.3.1. Head
2.3.2. Modification by determiners, phrases, apposition, sentences, relative clauses and other ways
2.4. Adjective phrase
2.4.1. Head
2.4.2. Modification by phrase, clause and other ways
2.5. Verb phrase
2.5.1. Head
2.5.2. Modification by negation and other ways
2.6. Adverbial phrase
2.6.1. Head
2.6.2. Modification by adverbial and prepositional phrases and other ways
2.7. Prepositional phrase
2.7.1. Head
2.7.2. Modification by adverbial and prepositional phrases and other ways
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3. Orthographical contents
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Variation of alphabet and characters
3.3. Loanwords in the English language
3.4. Discursive value and use of typographic symbols and punctuation marks
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4. Phonetic and phonological contents
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Phonetic symbols and spelling correspondences
4.3. Place and manner of articulation
4.4. Phonetic changes and processes
4.5. Stress and intonation
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5. Sociolinguistic and sociocultural contents
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Daily life
5.3. Living conditions
5.4. Personal relationships
5.4.1. Social structure
5.4.2. Gender, family and generational relationships
5.4.3. Relationships in a work environment
5.4.4. Relationships with the authorities, the administration and the community
5.4.5. Relationships among political and religious groups
5.5. Values, beliefs and attitudes
5.5.1. Social classes
5.5.2. Occupational groups
5.5.3. Regional culture
5.5.4. Institutions
5.5.5. History and traditions
5.5.6. Politics
5.5.7. Arts
5.5.8. Religion
5.5.9. Humour
5.6. Kinesics, proxemics and paralinguistic aspects
5.7. Social conventions
5.8. Celebrations
5.9. Ceremonies and social and religious practices
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6. Functional contents
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Assertive speech acts
6.3. Commissive speech acts
6.4. Directive speech acts
6.5. Phatic utterances and the expression of social attitudes
6.6. Expressive speech acts
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7. Text coherence
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Text type and form
7.3. Linguistic variety and register
7.4. Theme, approach and content
7.5. Space-time context
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8. Text cohesion
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Opening
8.3. Developing
8.4. Concluding
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Reviews
In a constantly developing world, where information management grows increasingly important, English language has proven itself to be a paramount asset for human and labour relations. Thus, being able to conduct communications in English in different situations and contexts has turned out to be a priority for many people.
This book offers the reader the opportunity of further developing every linguistic skill necessary for the acquisition of an advanced English level. It is composed of eight units that comprise every linguistic dimension of the English language, along with cultural aspects and other issues related to communication.
The coalescence of these units will provide the reader with the key elements for the successful improvement of his or her knowledge of the English language. After studying this book, the reader will be able to engage in all kinds of situations in any context or area that requires understanding, producing and processing lengthy and complex oral and written texts. In addition, he or she may take the C1 level test of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
