Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Introduction
5. Meaning as work 3
6. I Written Genres
7. Resonance in text 29
8. Conditional expressions 47
9. Pragmatic, stylistic and grammatical limitations on choice 65
10. Functional variations in NG premodifiers in written English 87
11. Information progression strategies in administrative forms 99
12. Interpersonal choices in academic work 117
13. The consequences of choice 137
14. Lexical and grammatical choices in innovative language use in computer science 155
15. Scientific discourse as interaction 173
16. Rhetorical relations and subordination in L2 writing 191
17. II Spoken Genres
18. Quality choice and quality control 217
19. Modality in the therapeutic dialogue 239
20. The conversational dynamics of interactional dispute in conflictive calls for emergency assistance 265
21. Friends or strangers 291
22. Lars Porsena and my bonk manager 301
23. Intonation choices in the English of non-native speakers 317
24. Index of subjects 337
25. Index of names 343