The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

Deborah Tannen editor Deborah Schiffrin editor Heidi E Hamilton editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:9th Aug '01

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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.
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"The volume is intended as, and succeeds in being, both an authoritative guide to the field and a contribution to current research" Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol 39, 2003

"(T)he handbook with be a valuable source of information and inspiration for further research in discourse analysis in the context of modern language studies and in linguistics in general." The Modern Language Journal

"These are success stories that are bound to encourage researchers from various disciplinary backgrounds and national traditions to turn to discourse analysis as a viable methodological and theoretical framework." Social Anthropology

ISBN: 9780631205951

Dimensions: 254mm x 180mm x 51mm

Weight: 1597g

872 pages