
An Introduction to Discourse Analysis
Malcolm Coulthard(Author)
Longman (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 2. December 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-0-582-55379-8 (ISBN)
Description
The central concern of this book is the analysis of verbal interaction or discourse. This first six chapters report and evaluate major theoretical advances in the description of discourse. The final chapters demonstrate how the findings of discourse analysis can be used to investigate second-language teaching and first-language acquisition and to analyse literary texts.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-55379-8 (9780582553798)
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Person
Malcolm Coulthard
Content
Preface
Author's preface1. Introduction
2. Speech acts and conversational maxims
3. The ethnography of speaking
4. Conversational analysis
5. Intonation
6. A linguistic approach
7. Discourse analysis and language teaching
8. The acquisition of discourse
9. The analysis of literary discourse
Further reading
Bibliography
Index
Author's preface1. Introduction
2. Speech acts and conversational maxims
3. The ethnography of speaking
4. Conversational analysis
5. Intonation
6. A linguistic approach
7. Discourse analysis and language teaching
8. The acquisition of discourse
9. The analysis of literary discourse
Further reading
Bibliography
Index