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a) The title of the text under discussion is…

It is entitled…

It is called…

b) The author of the text under consideration is…

It is written by…

It belongs to the pen of…

c) The text under analysis is (taken) from book…

d) The book is/was published by… in…

The title of the text under discussion is “The English Language”

The author of the text is Dr. Paul Ford.

It is taken from “Panorama of Britain”.

The book was published by Oxford University Press in 1995.

The text under study is about…

It is concerned with…

It deals with…

It is focused on…

It presents…

It is designed to present…

the English language

new English words

lost and dead words too

manufactured words

slang and obsolete words

English as the mother tongue of many people

I think (that)…

In my opinion…

To my mind…

As far as I know …

It is interesting to know…

In other words …

In short (In a word)

Actually…

Frankly speaking…

I think (that) the text in question is entitled most aptly “The English Language”.

It is interesting to know more about the English Language.

Actually one can trace different points of view of different scholars and scientists.

In my opinion it is interesting.

And what is more it is instructive.

Frankly speaking I like it.