Discourse Analysis: An Introduction - Softcover

Georgakopoulou, Alexandra; Goutsos, Dionysis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748608346 ISBN 13: 9780748608348

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Offering an introduction to the latest trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse studies, this work aims to give a grounding to the linguistics mechanisms and strategies of discourse, emphasizing their interaction with their contexts of occurrence. It also familiarizes the reader with the linguistic construction of different text-types, and the ways in which they can be analyzed from a variety of perspectives.

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Review

A scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate insights from many theoretical positions on discourse - all the gurus are there ...The reader activities should be of considerable interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot summaries to NYPD Blue, to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter. -- Jenny Miller, University of Queensland Characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues, accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data ... a guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented viewpoint. -- Wolfram Bublitz, University of Augsburg A scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate insights from many theoretical positions on discourse - all the gurus are there ...The reader activities should be of considerable interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot summaries to NYPD Blue, to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter. Characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues, accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data ... a guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented viewpoint.

About the Author

Alexandra Georgakopoulou is Reader in Modern Greek language and linguistics at King's College London. Dionysis Goutsos is Assistant Professor in text linguistics at the University of Athens.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748608346
• ISBN 13: 9780748608348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240