In Using English, writers from a range of academic discipline examine a wide variety of texts and discourses everyday conversation, English in the workplace, English and Rhetoric, literary practices, English and popular culture, language and literature. Highly interdisciplinary in approach, this book provides a coherent introduction to the way in which language is shaped and used in practice. Contributors Mike Baynham, Guy Cook, Lizbeth Goodman, Janet Maybin, Robin Mercer, Jane Miller and Neil Mercer.