Discourse Analysis: A Resource Book for Students

by Jones; Rodney

• ISBN13: 9780415609999
• ISBN10: 0415609992
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings'¬ ;all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible '¬Ütwo dimensional'¬" stricture is built around four sections'¬ ;introduction, development, exploration and extension'¬ ;which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. Each book in the series has a companion website with extra resources for teachers, lecturers and students. Discourse Analysis: Provides an accessible introduction and comprehensive overview of the major approaches and methodological tools used in discourse analysis Introduces both traditional perspectives on the analysis of texts and spoken discourse as well as more recent approaches that address technologically mediated and multimodal discourse. Incorporates practical examples using real data from conversational interaction, ceremonial vows, dating adverts, social media such as facebook, blogs and msn, films such as When Harry Met Sally, popular music lyrics and newspaper articles on areas as diverse as international political incidents and Lady Gaga. Includes key readings from leading scholars in the field, such as James Paul Gee, Michael Halliday, Henry G. Widdowson, Dell Hymes, Harvey Sacks and Ron Scollon Offers a wide range of activities, questions and points for further discussion Is supported by a companion website featuring extra activities, additional guidance, useful links and multimedia examples including sound files, YouTube and videos. This title will be essential reading for students undertaking research within the areas of English Language, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.

Table of Contents

Contents cross-referenced	p. x
List of figures and tables	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction: Key topics in the study of discourse analysis	p. 1
What is discourse analysis?	p. 2
Texts and texture	p. 5
Texts and their social functions	p. 7
Discourse and ideology	p. 11
Spoken discourse	p. 15
Strategic interaction	p. 18
Context, culture and communication	p. 22
Mediated discourse analysis	p. 25
Multimodal discourse analysis	p. 28
Corpus-assisted discourse analysis	p. 31
Development: Approaches to discourse analysis	p. 35
Three ways of looking at discourse	p. 36
Cohesion and coherence	p. 38
All the right moves	p. 44
Constructing reality	p. 49
The texture of talk	p. 53
Negotiating relationships and activities	p. 59
The Speaking model	p. 64
Mediation	p. 67
Modes, meaning and action	p. 71
Procedures for corpus-assisted discourse analysis	p. 78
Exploration: Analysing discourse	p. 85
Doing discourse analysis: first steps	p. 86
Analysing texture	p. 89
Analysing genres	p. 93
Other people's voices	p. 98
Analysing speech acts	p. 102
Analysing conversational strategies	p. 107
Analysing contexts	p. 111
Doing mediated discourse analysis	p. 116
Analysing multimodality	p. 119
Analysing corpora	p. 127
Extension: Readings in discourse analysis	p. 133
The three perspectives revisited	p. 134
Two perspectives on texture	p. 140
Genres, discourse communities and power	p. 148
Ideologies in discourse	p. 156
Two perspectives on conversation	p. 163
Frames in interaction	p. 170
The ethnography of communication	p. 178
Discourse and action	p. 184
Two perspectives on multimodality	p. 191
Finding'Discourses'with corpus-assisted analysis	p. 201
Further reading	p. 210
References	p. 213
Author index	p. 225
Glossarial index	p. 227
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