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238another criterion by which to evaluate books: if the author has defined and attended tothe needs of her readership.Evidence of the greater importance assumed by reference to readership inlinguistics can be found, firstly in the results for the frequency of Sub-function 2 acrossdisciplines presented in Table 6-3 (45% in linguistics, 35% in chemistry, and 20% ineconomics).Also, a simple analysis of the frequency with which the term ‘reader(s)(ship) isused, support the results in Table 6-3. The concordances for ‘reader’ across disciplinesprovided by the microconcord program show that in linguistics (one instance at every715 words) and chemistry (every 756 words), ‘reader’ appears more consistently than ineconomics (every 1,624 words). Although linguistics and chemistry indices for Subfunction2 seem to stand too close to detect any differing patterns, an examination ofMove 3, where evaluation of a book is commonly based on the criterion of suitability toreadership, provides confirming evidence of the ‘reader-oriented’ character oflinguistics:[L#1] (Sub-function 9) Although providing studies in text analysis that may beuseful to the ESL composition teacher is a worthy endeavor, this book fallssomewhat short of its goal. This is due in part to a less than clear-cut notion of anintended readership.[L#9] (Sub-function 7+9) The volume concludes with a brief history oflinguistics as told from a translinguistic point of view. The reader should beadvised to consult instead the primary sources or even the secondary sourcescited by Doe.