The Discourse Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415197341 ISBN 13: 9780415197342

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

The Discourse Reader collects in one volume the most important and influential articles on discourse analysis. Designed as a structured sourcebook and divided into clear sections, the book covers the foundations of modern discourse analysis and represents all of its contemporary methods and traditions.

The second edition:

• has been revised and updated throughout
• includes six new articles from authors including Teun A. van Dijk, Judith Butler and Gillian Rose
• includes 'discussion points' to help readers engage with key issues
• covers the foundations of modern discourse analysis and represents all of its contemporary methods and traditions.

The second edition of The Discourse Reader remains an essential resource for all students of discourse analysis.

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Review

"[T]he most comprehensive interdisciplinary one-volume set of readings on discourse that is available today. Jaworski and Coupland have succeeded in combining their broad coverage with a clear focus on the social nature of discourse." -Jef Verschueren, International Pragmatics Association "'Finally we have it. This book belongs on the shelf of everyone with an interest in discourse from beginning student to seasoned researcher.' Ron Scollon, Georgetown University, USA."

Synopsis

The Discourse Reader is the first comprehensive collection of student-oriented, key, original writings on discourse analysis, from the editors of Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook . Designed as a structured source book for students from introductory 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 of discourse analysis, including: pragmatics and speech act theory ethnomethodology and conversation analysis interactional sociolinguistics narrative analysis critical discourse analysis. Each section is introduced by the editors. The Discourse Reader is an indispensible introduction to major theoretical writings and the best examples of discourse analysis. Authors include: Atkinson and Heritage, Austin, Bakhtin, Bell, Brown and Levinson, Bourdieu, Caldas-Coulthard, Cameron, Cicourel, Fairclough, Foucault, Giddens, Goffman, C. Goodwin Grice, Gumperz, Holmes, Hutchby, Jakobson, Kendon, Kress and van Leeuwen Labov, Malinowski, Mehan, Ochs, Sacks, Schegloff, Schriffrin, Tannen and Wallat, van Dijk, and Young.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415197341
• ISBN 13: 9780415197342
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 620
• Editor: Jaworski Adam, Coupland Nikolas