Discourse and practice : new tools for critical discourse analysis / Theo van Leeuwen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Leeuwen, Theo, 1947-

Series:

Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.

Oxford studies in sociolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting a new theory of discourse, this book argues that our understanding of texts ultimately rests on our practices and on what we do. It will be welcomed by students and researchers looking for a form of discourse analysis that is explicit and methodical as well as socially and critically relevant.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Discourse as the Recontextualization of Social Practice

2. Representing Social Actors

3. Representing Social Action

4. Time in Discourse

5. Space in Discourse

6. The Discursive Construction of Legitimation

7. The Discursive Construction of Purpose

8. The Visual Representation of Social Actors

9. Representing Social Actors with Toys

References

Index

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Y

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: van Leeuwen, Theo, Discourse and practice: new tools for critical discourse analysis

ISBN:

0-19-988661-X

0-19-804346-5

0-19-532331-9

1-281-85179-5

1-4356-4229-5

9786611851798

OCLC:

922954086