The Discourse Reader
second edition
Published on 10. June 1999
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-0-415-19733-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Discourse Reader is the first comprehensive collection of key, original writings on discourse analysis, steering a clear path through its different areas. Designed as a structured coursebook for students from undergraduate level upwards, the Reader is divided into clear sections covering the foundations of modern discourse analysis. It represents all the contemporary methods and traditions including:
* pragmatics
* conversation analysis
* the ethnography of communication
* narrative analysis
* critical discourse analysis.
Each section is prefaced by a detailed introduction by the editors and provides recommendations for further reading.
* pragmatics
* conversation analysis
* the ethnography of communication
* narrative analysis
* critical discourse analysis.
Each section is prefaced by a detailed introduction by the editors and provides recommendations for further reading.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
13 s/w Tabellen
13 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
1020 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19733-5 (9780415197335)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Adam Jaworski | Nikolas Coupland
The Discourse Reader
Book
05/1999
Routledge
€48.46
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Persons
Both Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland are based at the University of Wales, Cardiff in the Centre for Language and Communication within the School of English Studies. Nik Coupland is Head of department, co-founded and co-edits Blackwells Journal of Sociolinguistics, and Adam is the reviews editor. The Discourse Reader follows on from and complements their co-edited Sociolinguistics Reader which was published in 1997 by Macmillan and is selling extremely well and has been widely adopted.
Content
Editors' Introduction. Meaning and Context. Methods and Resources for doing Discourse Analysis. Sequence and Structure. Negotiating Social Relationships Identity and Subjectivity. Power, Ideology and Control