Discourse and Genre
Using Language in Context
Published on 14. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-230-21797-3 (ISBN)
Description
This accessible guide to discourse employs an innovative, inductive approach, with a clear focus on genre that allows students to examine language in context. Using real texts, students are shown how each dimension of discourse links together and are offered practical guidance on how to carry out a discourse analysis project.
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Series
Edition
2010
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-21797-3 (9780230217973)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-28562-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
12/2010
Red Globe Press
€162.10
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Person
STEPHEN BAX is a Reader in English Language, Learning, Assessment and Technology, in the CRELLA Research Centre at the University of Bedfordshire. He has taught for many years in the UK, the Middle East, Africa and Asia in the areas of language, discourse and education, and his research focuses on language in use in domains including politics, the media and education.
Content
Introduction.- How Do We Understand Texts?.- Discourse and Discourse Analysis.- Genre.- Discourse Modes.- Analysing Discourse: A Heuristic Approach.- Spoken Genres: Conversations and Classrooms.- Spoken Genres: The Courtroom, Jokes, Sports Commentary and Advertising.- Written Genres: News reports, Personal Ads, Texting and Online Gaming.- Texts Referring to other Texts: Intertextuality.- Doing Discourse Analysis.- Bibliography.