Discourse Analysis
Published on 22. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-631-20877-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discourse Analysis is an ideal textbook for students taking a first course in linguistic approaches to discourse. It presupposes no previous coursework in linguistics. It is designed to encourage students to think about discourse analysis as an open-ended heuristic, a set of techniques for systematically studying every possible source of the meaning of a sequence of speech or writing. Chapters cover the complex relationships between discourse and various aspects of context, such as linguistic structure, participants and prior discourse. Discussion questions and ideas for small research projects are interspersed throughout. Each chapter ends with a set of suggested supplementary readings. Clearly written, accessible, up to date, and comprehensive, Discourse Analysis is useful for teachers and students in many disciplines.
Reviews / Votes
"This text strikes the perfect balance between coverage and practice. Every major topic in discourse analysis is introduced, illustrated, and referenced in the different chapters. The exercises incorporate extensive data from a variety of languages and situations, including discourse, and discourse in electronic media. Both students and scholars will draw upon this text as a substantive new resource in discourse analysis." Ellen Barton, Wayne State University "Barbara Johnstone has written a clear and engaging introduction to discourse analysis - one that encourages attention to the smallest linguistic details while shedding light on the broadest sociocultural issues. Outstanding discussion questions and activities offer students opportunities not only to reflect on what they have just read but to apply these new concepts to a wide range of important real-life discourses." Heidi E. Hamilton, Georgetown University "As Johnsotne observes, "anyone who wants to understand human beings has to understand discourse"(7). All those whoe seek such understanding and teach others how to sutdy discourses regardless of their discipline or departmental home ought to have Johnstone's Discourse Analysis in their bookshelves." Maureen Daly Goggin, Arizona State UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-20877-8 (9780631208778)
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Barbara Johnstone
Discourse Analysis
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Person
Barbara Johnstone is Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of Stories, Community, and Place (1990), Repetition in Arabic Discourse (1991), The Linguistic Individual (1996), and Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics (2000) as well as many articles, book chapters, and edited volumes.
Content
List of Figures. Preface.1. Introduction:What is Discourse Analysis?Some Uses of Discourse Analysis.Facets of Discourse Analysis.Discourse and Text: The Data of Discourse Analysis.Transcription: Representing Speech in Writing."Descriptive" and "Critical" Goals.Summary.2. Discourse and World:Linguistic Categories, Minds, and Worldviews.Discourse, Culture, and Ideology.Language Ideology.Silence.Summary.3. Discourse Structure: Parts and Sequences:Words and Lines.Turns and Moves in Conversation.Paragraphs and Episodes.Discourse Schemata and the Structure of Narrative.The Emergent Organization of Conversation.Old and New Information and the Organization of Sentences.Cohesion .Structures and Rules.4. Speakers, Hearers, Audiences:Power, Solidarity, and Community.Social Roles and Discourse Roles.Audience, Politeness, and Accommodation.Attributed Identities and Situated Identifications.Agency and Self-Expression.Summary.5. Prior Texts, Prior Discourses:The Idea of IntertextualityRepetition in ConversationRegister: Repeated Styles for Repeated Situations.Genre: Recurrent Forms, Recurrent Actions.Plot and Coherence.Summary.6. Discourse and Medium:Early Work on "Orality and Literacy".Literacy and Literacies.Communication and Technology.Planning and Discourse Structure.Fixity, Fluidity, and Coherence.Medium and Interpersonal Relations.Summary.7. Discourse and Purpose:Speech Acts.Contextualization Cues and Discourse Marking.Rhetorical Aims, Strategies, and Styles.Verbal Art and Performance.Performances of Identity.Summary.8. Some General Themes:A Heuristic Approach to Discourse Analysis.Locations of Meaning.Discourse as Strategy, Discourse as Adaptation.Language and Languaging.Particularity, Theory, and Method.From Text Outward.Glossary.References.Index.