Cognitive Discourse Analysis: An Introduction - Softcover

Tenbrink, Thora

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108436846 ISBN 13: 9781108436847

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Analysing language data systematically and looking closely at how people formulate their thoughts can reveal astonishing insights about the human mind. Without presupposing specific subject knowledge, this book gently introduces its readers to theoretical insights as well as practical principles for systematic linguistic analysis from a cognitive perspective. Drawing on Thora Tenbrink's twenty years' experience in both linguistics and cognitive science, this book offers theoretical guidance and practical advice for doing cognitive discourse analysis. It covers areas of analysis as diverse as attention, perspective, granularity, certainty, inference, transformation, communication, and cognitive strategies, using inspiring examples from many different projects. Simple techniques and tools are used to allow readers new to the subject easy ways to apply the methods, without the need for complex technologies, whilst the cross-disciplinary approach can be applied to a diverse range of research purposes and contexts in which language and thought play a role.

About this title

About the Author

Thora Tenbrink is a Reader in Cognitive Linguistics at Bangor University. Her previous books include Space, Time, and the Use of Language (2007) and three co-edited books on spatial language and cognition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1108436846
• ISBN 13: 9781108436847
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 282