Foreword // Preface // PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES // 1 Introduction // 2 Linguistic Description // 3 Stylistic Analysis // PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS - SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY // 4 The Language of Conversation // 5 The Language of Unscripted Commentary // 6 The Language of Religion // 7 The Language of Newspaper Reporting // 8 The Language of-Lcgal Documents // 9 Index Suggestions for Further Analysis