Text, Context, Pretext Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis

by Widdowson, H. G.

• ISBN13: 9780631234524
• ISBN10: 0631234527
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-29
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined. Written by a leading researcher in the field Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since Introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process Focuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed

Author Biography

H. G. Widdowson is Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna and Professor Emeritus at the University of London. He is renowned in the fields of applied linguistics and language teaching, and is the author of numerous books and articles, including Defining Issues in English Language Teaching (2002), Linguistics (1996), and Practical Stylistics: An Approach to Poetry (1992).

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 Text and discourse	1	(16)
2 Text and grammar	17	(19)
3 Context	36	(22)
4 Context and co-text	58	(16)
5 Pretext	74	(15)
6 Critical discourse analysis	89	(23)
7 Text and corpus analysis	112	(16)
8 Analysis and interpretation	128	(19)
9 Approach and method	147	(18)
10 Conclusion	165	(10)
References	175	(5)
Index of names	180	(2)
Index of subjects	182