TY - BOOK AU - Canning,Patricia AU - Walker,Brian TI - Discourse analysis: a practical introduction T2 - Learning about language SN - 9781138047099 AV - P302 .C338 2024 U1 - 401.41 23/eng/20230808 PY - 2024/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Discourse analysis N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -