A comprehensive, accessible introduction to discourse analysis - essential reading for students encountering the subject for the first time.
- Uses a variety of examples including excerpts from films, books, everyday conversation and the workplace
- Each chapter focuses on a different approach to discourse analysis
- Exercises and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter
- A glossary of key terms is provided
Discourse Analysis: An Introduction is a comprehensive, accessible introduction to discourse analysis. In a series of nine chapters the book examines different approaches to discourse, looking at discourse and society, discourse and pragmatics, discourse and genre, discourse and conversation, discourse grammar, corpus-based approaches to discourse and critical discourse analysis. The final chapter presents a practical approach to doing discourse analysis. The book includes the following features:
- Chapter summaries outlining the key areas covered.
- Examples drawn from films, television, newspapers, the classroom and everyday life
- Explanations of technical terms in each of the chapters
- Tasks at the end of each chapter
- Suggestions for further reading
This engagingly written, comprehensive introduction to discourse analysis is essential for students encountering discourse analysis for the first time, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It should be on every reading list.
Review:
‘Brian Paltridge’s Discourse Analysis: An Introduction is an extremely welcome addition to the growing number of books devoted to this increasingly important area. Exceptionally, the volume strikes an excellent balance between both spoken and written discourses, as well as between theoretical and applied studies. The coverage of previous work is comprehensive, but many of the copious illustrations are drawn from lively contemporary texts that will appeal to readers. Further, each of the seven central chapters is rounded off with the discussion questions, suggestions for data analysis projects, and directions for further reading. Finally, the writing is lively and accessible. There is every prospect then that Paltridge will become a standard text for undergraduates and graduates studying discourse analysis for the first time.’
John M. Swales, Professor of Linguistics, The University of Michigan
'This book provides a very accessible introduction to discourse analysis, illustrated with compelling examples and drawing insightfully on a wide range of the latest research. Core concepts are clearly defined and exemplified. I predict that this will prove an invaluable textbook for courses in Discourse Analysis both at senior undergraduate level and for graduate courses. The stimulating discussion questions and the suggestions for projects and further reading make it particularly attractive to teachers.'
Janet Holmes, Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington.
Table of contents:
1. What is discourse?
2. Discourse and society
3. Discourse and pragmatics
4. Discourse and genre
5. Discourse and conversation
6. Discourse grammar
7. Corpus approaches to discourse analysis
8. Doing discourse analysis
- Uses a variety of examples including excerpts from films, books, everyday conversation and the workplace
- Each chapter focuses on a different approach to discourse analysis
- Exercises and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter
- A glossary of key terms is provided
Discourse Analysis: An Introduction is a comprehensive, accessible introduction to discourse analysis. In a series of nine chapters the book examines different approaches to discourse, looking at discourse and society, discourse and pragmatics, discourse and genre, discourse and conversation, discourse grammar, corpus-based approaches to discourse and critical discourse analysis. The final chapter presents a practical approach to doing discourse analysis. The book includes the following features:
- Chapter summaries outlining the key areas covered.
- Examples drawn from films, television, newspapers, the classroom and everyday life
- Explanations of technical terms in each of the chapters
- Tasks at the end of each chapter
- Suggestions for further reading
This engagingly written, comprehensive introduction to discourse analysis is essential for students encountering discourse analysis for the first time, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It should be on every reading list.
Review:
‘Brian Paltridge’s Discourse Analysis: An Introduction is an extremely welcome addition to the growing number of books devoted to this increasingly important area. Exceptionally, the volume strikes an excellent balance between both spoken and written discourses, as well as between theoretical and applied studies. The coverage of previous work is comprehensive, but many of the copious illustrations are drawn from lively contemporary texts that will appeal to readers. Further, each of the seven central chapters is rounded off with the discussion questions, suggestions for data analysis projects, and directions for further reading. Finally, the writing is lively and accessible. There is every prospect then that Paltridge will become a standard text for undergraduates and graduates studying discourse analysis for the first time.’
John M. Swales, Professor of Linguistics, The University of Michigan
'This book provides a very accessible introduction to discourse analysis, illustrated with compelling examples and drawing insightfully on a wide range of the latest research. Core concepts are clearly defined and exemplified. I predict that this will prove an invaluable textbook for courses in Discourse Analysis both at senior undergraduate level and for graduate courses. The stimulating discussion questions and the suggestions for projects and further reading make it particularly attractive to teachers.'
Janet Holmes, Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington.
Table of contents:
1. What is discourse?
2. Discourse and society
3. Discourse and pragmatics
4. Discourse and genre
5. Discourse and conversation
6. Discourse grammar
7. Corpus approaches to discourse analysis
8. Doing discourse analysis