...a scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate
insights from many theoretical positions on discourse-all the gurus
are there...The reader activities should be of considerable
interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse
studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot
summaries to "NYPD Blue," to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking
and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter -Jenny Miller
(University of Queensland), "Discourse and Society"
.,."characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues,
accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data... a
guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic
texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented
viewpoint." Wolfram Bublitz (University of Augsburg), Zeitschrift
fA1/4r Anglistik und Amerikanistik
A clear and lively introduction to the current trends in theory,
method and tools of discourse studies.This book is a valuable guide
for students and teachers of linguistics as well as those with an
interest in the linguistic methods of analysing discourse (media,
rhetoric and stylistics, pragmatics, communication studies,
etc).
* Comprehensive, accessible, state-of-the-art textbook
* Close analyses of a wide range of narrative and non-narrative
texts, both spoken and written
* Emphasis on practical text analysis: includes guided
activities for self-study or use in a classroom
* Suggestions for further reading in each chapter.
This revised second edition registers key changes in a rapidly
expanding area and thoroughly updates suggestions for further
reading and the bibliography.
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