Discourse Analysis by Barbara Johnstone

Discourse Analysis by Barbara Johnstone

Fully revised and updated throughout, the new edition of Discourse Analysis is a user–friendly textbook for students taking their first course in linguistic approaches to discourse. Second edition of a popular introductory textbook, combining breadth of coverage, practical examples, and student–friendly features Includes new sections on metaphor, framing, stance and style, multimodal discourse, and Gricean pragmatics Considers a variety of approaches to the subject, including critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, interactional and variationist sociolinguistics, ethnography, corpus linguistics, and other qualitative and quantitative methods Features detailed descriptions of the results of discourse analysts work Retains and expands the useful student features, including discussion questions, exercises, and ideas for small research projects.

A feature, and strength, of the book is its balanced approachJohnstone does not support one approach at the expense of others, but carefully explains that texts can be analyzed in different ways, the reasons why some researchers choose one approach over another, and the results that different approaches bring. (Discourse Studies, January 2009) The exercises incorporated into the book help students carry out mini-discourse analyses on their own ... .This book uses the learning-by-doing methodology, distinguishing it from other introductory books on the subject. And it clearly benefits from the author's rich synthesis of the field made possible by her long and distinguished career. This book will satisfy the curiosity of many TESL professionals, researchers and teachers alike. It also provides sufficient grounding for anyone who would like to pursue in greater depth the themes it introduces. As an entree to the field, Discourse Analysis is highly recommended. (TESL-EJ, June 2008)

Barbara Johnstone is Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University and editor of the journal Language in Society. She is the author of Repetition in Arabic Discourse (1990), Stories, Community, and Place: Narratives from Middle America (1990), The Linguistic Individual (1996), and Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics (2001), in addition to many articles and book chapters.

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ISBN 13	9781405144278
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Titel	Discourse Analysis
Autor	Barbara Johnstone
Serie	Introducing Linguistics
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-06-27
Seitenanzahl	336
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