Deborah Cameron

Working with Spoken Discourse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An exemplary textbook. Making even the most complex ideas fully accessible, it is grounded in an extensive literature, filled with engaging examples, and offers ample suggestions for independent research. It s been a key text in my classes for over a decade and, as fresh and relevant as ever, will continue to buttress my graduate seminars and undergraduate courses alike.

- Professor Crispin Thurlow, University of Washington

Comprehensive, practical, lively and accessible, Working with Spoken Discourse is the much-loved benchmark for learning to do discourse analysis. It combines theory and practice to give students the grounding they need in practical techniques of analyzing talk and how to apply them to real data.
Begins with the why and how of doing discourse analysis Packs examples into every chapter to help explain complex concepts Uses exercises and activities to reinforce what you ve learned Leads you throughthe practicalities of designing your own project
Exceptionally clear, and perfect for undergraduates starting a project, this is the essential guide to spoken discourse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780761957737
• ISBN-10: 0761957731
• Artikelnr.: 21906628

Autorenporträt

Deborah Cameron teaches at Oxford University, where she is Professor of Language and Communication. Her main research interests are in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and the study of gender and sexuality; her previous publications include Working with Spoken Discourse (2001) and Working with Written Discourse (with Ivan Panovic, 2014), Good to Talk? (2000),The Myth of Mars and Venus (2007), and Verbal Hygiene (1995/2012). 

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES
What Is Discourse and Why Analyze It?
Collecting Data
Practical and Ethical Issues
Transcribing Spoken Data
PART TWO: APPROACHES
Approaches to Discourse Analysis
An Initial Orientation
Situations and Events
The Ethnography of Speaking
Doing Things with Words
Pragmatics
Structure and Sequence
Conversation Analysis
Small Differences, Big Difference
International Sociolinguistics
Hidden Agenda?
Critical Discourse Analysis
PART THREE: APPLICATIONS
Working with Talk in Social Research
Identity, Difference and Power
Locating Social Relations in Talk
Designing Your Own Projects

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PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES
What Is Discourse and Why Analyze It?
Collecting Data
Practical and Ethical Issues
Transcribing Spoken Data
PART TWO: APPROACHES
Approaches to Discourse Analysis
An Initial Orientation
Situations and Events
The Ethnography of Speaking
Doing Things with Words
Pragmatics
Structure and Sequence
Conversation Analysis
Small Differences, Big Difference
International Sociolinguistics
Hidden Agenda?
Critical Discourse Analysis
PART THREE: APPLICATIONS
Working with Talk in Social Research
Identity, Difference and Power
Locating Social Relations in Talk
Designing Your Own Projects

Rezensionen

Working with Spoken Discourse is an exemplary textbook. Making even the most complex ideas fully accessible, it is grounded in an extensive literature, filled with engaging examples, and offers ample suggestions for independent research. It s been a key text in my classes for over a decade and, as fresh and relevant as ever, will continue to buttress my graduate seminars and undergraduate courses alike.

Professor Crispin Thurlow 20140214