Understanding Discourse Analysis
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:10th Mar '23
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£125.00(9781032025896)
Understanding Discourse Analysis provides students with an accessible and well-illustrated introduction to discourse analysis. Explaining the main terminology and frameworks and presenting key findings of discourse studies, this book:
- Explores the development of discourse analysis
- Covers four key approaches to analysing discourse
- Uses authentic spoken or written texts in all examples
- Features data from the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project database
- Includes examples from a wide range of languages from around the world, such as Chilean Spanish, Korean and Serbo-Croatian
Written by an active researcher, this textbook is a fascinating and engaging introduction to discourse analysis and is ideal for students studying this topic for the first time.
"Those studying discourse analysis will love this book which is richly illustrated with examples from diverse languages and cultures. Using a delightfully reader-friendly style, Bernadette Vine adroitly introduces students to the major approaches and the most important figures in discourse analysis."
Janet Holmes, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
"For anyone wanting to know how discourse analysis is done, and why it is done in different but related ways, Understanding Discourse Analysis will provide an excellent, practical guide. It is accessible, features authentic data from different contexts and languages, and is highly interactive."
Michael Handford, Cardiff University, UK
ISBN: 9781032025889
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 280g
180 pages