Mediated discourse : the nexus of practice / Ron Scollon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scollon, Ronald, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Social aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Sociolinguistics.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how. Looks at how use of language is both a form of action in itself and is also indirectly related to all other forms of human action.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Mediated discourse: a discursive theory of human action; On the ontogenesis of a social practice; On the ontogenesis of a social actor: from object to agency in baby talk; Objects as mediational means: the crayon appropriates a child; The nexus of practice; Mediated discourse as a nexus of practice; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-177) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-53588-0

0-585-45562-7

0-203-42006-3

1-280-40312-8

1-134-53589-9

9780203420065

OCLC:

171116930