Approaches to Discourse
Language as Social Interaction
1st Edition
Published on 29. November 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-631-16623-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. It compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory. The author not only considers each approach from several standpoints but she also illustrates them through extensive applications to a variety of concrete social and linguistic problems facing discourse analysts.
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"Deborah Schiffrin has written a rigorous yet accessible description and comparison of various approaches to the analysis of discourse." PragmaticsMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-16623-8 (9780631166238)
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Person
Deborah Schiffrin is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is author of Discourse Markers (1987).
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments. Part I: The Scope of Discourse Analysis.
1. Overview.
2. Definitions of Discourse.
Part II: Approaches to Discourse Analysis.
3. Speech Act Theory.
4. Interactional Sociolinguists.
5. The Ethnography of Communication.
6. Pragmatics.
7. Conversation Analysis.
8. Variation Analysis.
Part III: Conclusion.
9. Structure and Function.
10. Text and Context.
11. Discourse and Communication.
12. Conclusion: Language as Social Interaction.
Appendix 1: Collecting Data.
Appendix 2: Transcription Conventions.
Appendix 3: Sample Data.
Bibliography.
Index
1. Overview.
2. Definitions of Discourse.
Part II: Approaches to Discourse Analysis.
3. Speech Act Theory.
4. Interactional Sociolinguists.
5. The Ethnography of Communication.
6. Pragmatics.
7. Conversation Analysis.
8. Variation Analysis.
Part III: Conclusion.
9. Structure and Function.
10. Text and Context.
11. Discourse and Communication.
12. Conclusion: Language as Social Interaction.
Appendix 1: Collecting Data.
Appendix 2: Transcription Conventions.
Appendix 3: Sample Data.
Bibliography.
Index