The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

Schiffrin, D, Et al (eds)

ISBN 10: 0631205950 / ISBN 13: 9780631205951

Published by Blackwell, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Handbook of Discourse Analysis
• Publisher: Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631205950
• ISBN 13: 9780631205951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Weight: 1650 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics

About this title

Synopsis

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significant contributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the central issues in contemporary discourse analysis.

• Features comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis.
• Offers an overview of how different disciplines approach the analysis of discourse.
• Provides analysis of a wide range of data, including political speeches, everyday conversation, and literary texts.
• Includes a varied range of theoretical models, such as relevance theory and systemic-functional linguistics; and methodology, including interpretive, statistical, and formal methodsFeatures comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis.

About the Author

Deborah Schiffrin is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Major publications include Discourse Markers (1987), Approaches to Discourse (Blackwell 1994), and Language, Text and Interaction (forthcoming).

Deborah Tannen is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her books include Gender & Discourse (1994), Talking Voices (1989), Conversational Style (1984), The Argument Culture (1999) and You Just Don't Understand (1990). Her newest book is I Only Say This Because I Love You (2001).

Heidi Hamilton is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University.She is author of Conversations with an Alzheimer's Patient (1994), and Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (forthcoming), and editor of Language and Communication in Old Age (1999).