How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit

by Gee; James Paul

• ISBN13: 9780415572088
• ISBN10: 0415572088
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-08-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit is the essential new book from James Paul Gee, bestselling author of An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method . Discourse analysis is widely used in a range of academic subjects, all concerned with how humans make meaning and communicate within and across different social and cultural groups.Using a practical how-to approach, Gee provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis, with engaging step-by-step tasks featured throughout the book. Each tool is clearly explained, along with guidance on how to use it, and authentic data is provided for readers to practise using the tools. Readers from all fields will gain both a practical and theoretical background in how to do discourse analysis and knowledge of discourse analysis as a distinctive research methodology.How to do Discourse Analysis: a Toolkit is the ideal preparation for future learning in discourse analysis and applied linguistics. It is the companion text to Gee's An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method , meant for those interested in learning discourse analysis by doing it. The interdisciplinary approach means that it is suitable for students across a range of subjects, including Applied Linguistics, Anthropology, and Communication Studies.

Author Biography

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, USA. His many titles include An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics and Literacies, and Situated Language and Learning, all published by Routledge.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Language and Context	p. 1
Language and Language Acquisition	p. 2
Context	p. 6
Deixis	p. 8
Two Tools: The Fill In Tool and the Making Strange Tool	p. 11
Working with the Fill In Tool	p. 13
Subjects and Predicates	p. 17
Working with the Making Strange Tool	p. 19
Intonation	p. 22
The Frame Problem	p. 29
The Frame Problem Tool	p. 37
Working with the Frame Problem Tool	p. 37
Saying, Doing, and Designing	p. 41
The Doing and Not Just Saying Tool	p. 42
Working with the Doing and Not Just Saying Tool	p. 45
Using Grammar to Build Structures and Meanings	p. 47
Vocabulary	p. 52
The Why This Way and Not That Way Tool	p. 54
Integrating Information	p. 55
Working with the Why This Way and Not That Way Tool	p. 62
Topics and Themes	p. 65
Why We Build and Design with Grammar	p. 68
Using Language to Build Things in the World	p. 71
Stanzas	p. 74
Building Things in the World	p. 83
The Context is Reflexive Tool	p. 84
Working with the Context is Reflexive Tool	p. 86
Building Tasks and Building Tools	p. 87
The Significance Building Tool	p. 92
Working with the Significance Building Tool	p. 95
The Activities Building Tool	p. 96
Working with the Activities Building Tool	p. 103
The Identities Building Tool	p. 106
Working with the Identities Building Tool	p. 110
The Relationships Building Tool	p. 114
Working with the Relationships Building Tool	p. 117
The Politics Building Tool	p. 118
Working with the Politics Building Tool	p. 123
The Connections Building Tool	p. 126
Cohesion	p. 128
Working with the Connections Building Tool	p. 132
The Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool	p. 135
Working with the Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool	p. 139
Topic Flow or Topic Chaining	p. 143
Theoretical Tools	p. 149
Five Theoretical Tools	p. 150
The Situated Meaning Tool	p. 151
Working with the Situated Meaning Tool	p. 154
The Social Languages Tool	p. 156
Working with the Social Languages Tool	p. 161
The Intertextuality Tool	p. 165
Working with the Intertextuality Tool	p. 167
The Figured Worlds Tool	p. 168
Working with the Figured Worlds Tool	p. 173
The Big "D" Discourse Tool	p. 176
Working with the Big "D" Discourse Tool	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 185
Discourse Analysis for Images and Multimodal Texts	p. 187
List of Tools	p. 195
Index	p. 203
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