Handbook of Discourse Processes: Second Edition (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805835555 ISBN 13: 9780805835557

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of discourse processes.

The editors hope to foster a more interdisciplinary approach to discourse processing with this Handbook, while simultaneously developing an appreciation within the field for multiple methods of establishing rigorous scientific claims.

The field of discourse processes is currently fueled by seven dominant approaches:
* discourse psychology;
* corpus analysis;
* computational discourse;
* discourse technologies;
* conversation analysis;
* hybrid qualitative and quantitative approaches; and
* cultural foundations.

The contributors also discuss future trends in research, including corpus analyses, the integration of neuroscience with discourse research, and the development of more advanced computer technologies for analyzing discourse.

About this title

Synopsis

This handbook is intended as a cognitively oriented yet comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary area known as discourse studies. The field of discourse processes is currently fuelled by seven dominant approaches: discourse psychology, corpus analysis, computational discourse, discourse technologies, conversation analysis, hybrid qualitative and quantitative approaches, and cultural foundations. Most of these approaches are hybrids of two or more disciplines. The authors' hope is that the field will become more interdisciplinary instead of multidisciplinary, and they ultimately argue that discourse processing research will become progressively more sophisticated to the extent that it shifts from being multidisciplinary to interdisciplinary. This shift requires developing an appreciation for multiple methods of establishing rigorous scientific claims which are discussed in this handbook. The authors also discuss future trends in this field of research including the integration of neuroscience with discourse research, the use of more advanced computer technologies for analysing discourse, and a more pronounced shift from multidisciplinary to interdisciplinary research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805835555
• ISBN 13: 9780805835557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Graesser Arthur C., Gernsbacher Morton Ann, Goldman Susan R.