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Discourse analysis : a practical introduction / Patricia Canning and Brian Walker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Learning about languagePublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024Description: xx, 325 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138047099
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Discourse analysisDDC classification:
  • 401.41 C164d 23/eng/20230808
LOC classification:
  • P302 .C338 2024
Contents:
Discourse: language, context, and choice -- Organising discourse: thematic and information structure -- Organising information in discourse?: cohesion -- Analysing spoken discourse -- Analysing meaning in discourse -- Meaning and context -- Politeness -- Metaphorical meanings in discourse?: metaphor and metonymy -- Representing experience in discourse -- Presenting other people's speech, writing, and thought -- Corpus linguistics and discourse analysis -- Doing a project in discourse analysis.
Summary: "Discourse Analysis provides an essential and practical introduction for students studying modules on the analysis of language in use. It explores the ways in which language is used and organised in written and spoken texts to generate meanings and takes into account the social contexts of production, and the social roles and identities of those involved"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discourse: language, context, and choice -- Organising discourse: thematic and information structure -- Organising information in discourse?: cohesion -- Analysing spoken discourse -- Analysing meaning in discourse -- Meaning and context -- Politeness -- Metaphorical meanings in discourse?: metaphor and metonymy -- Representing experience in discourse -- Presenting other people's speech, writing, and thought -- Corpus linguistics and discourse analysis -- Doing a project in discourse analysis.

"Discourse Analysis provides an essential and practical introduction for students studying modules on the analysis of language in use. It explores the ways in which language is used and organised in written and spoken texts to generate meanings and takes into account the social contexts of production, and the social roles and identities of those involved"-- Provided by publisher.

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