Continuum companion to discourse analysis / edited by Ken Hyland and Brian Paltridge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hyland, Ken.

Paltridge, Brian.

Series:

Continuum companions.

Continuum companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Pragmatics.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011.

Summary:

"The Continuum Companion to Discourse Analysis is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. This companion offers a comprehensive and accessible reference resource to research in contemporary discourse studies. In 21 chapters written by leading figures in the field, the volume provides readers with an authoritative overview of key terms, methods and current research topics and directions. It offers both a survey of current research and gives more practical guidance for advanced study in the area. The volume covers all the most important issues, concepts, movements and approaches in the field and features a glossary of key terms in the area of discourseanalysis. It is the complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within discourse studies, applied linguistics, TESOL and the social sciences"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Data collection and transcription in discourse analysis / Rodney H. Jones

Conversation analysis / Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger

Critical discourse analysis / Ruth Wodak

Genre analysis / Christine M. Tardy

Narrative analysis / Mike Baynham

Ethnography and discourse analysis / Dwight Atkinson, Hanako Okada, and Steven Talmy

Systemic functional linguistics / J.R. Martin

Multimodal discourse analysis / Kay L. O'Halloran

Corpus approaches to the study of discourse / Bethany Gray and Douglas Biber

Spoken discourse / Joan Cutting

Academic discourse / Ken Hyland

Discourse and the workplace / Janet Holmes

Discourse and gender / Paul Baker

Discourse and the news / Martin Montgomery

Discourse and computer-mediated communication / Julia Davies

Forensic discourse analysis: a work in progress / John Olsson

Discourse and identity / Tope Omoniyi

Discourse and race / Angel Lin and Ryuko Kubota

Classroom discourse / Jennifer Hammond

Discourse and intercultural communication / John Corbett

Medical discourse / Timothy Halkowski.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441106957

1441106952

OCLC:

893335404