Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, and commentaries.
Revised and updated throughout, the new edition of Discourse Analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the major approaches to and methodological tools used in discourse analysis. This textbook:
introduces both traditional perspectives on the analysis of texts and talk as well as more recent approaches that address technologically mediated and multimodal discourse incorporates practical examples using real data, now revised to include more diverse examples from a wider range of countries includes a revised final section to highlight recent research with case studies showcasing examples of how scholars used the principles illustrated in the book is accompanied by online support material with additional student activities, summaries, explanations, and useful links
Other features of the new edition include updated references and a wider range of material from social media that includes TikTok and other more recently popular platforms. Written by an experienced teacher and author, this accessible textbook is essential reading for all students of English language and linguistics.
By:
Rodney H. Jones
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032455297
ISBN 10: 1032455292
Series: Routledge English Language Introductions
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 21 May 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Contents cross-referenced List of figures and tables Acknowledgements A Introduction: Key topics in the study of discourse analysis 1 What is discourse analysis? 2 Texts and texture 3 Texts and their social functions 4 Discourse and ideology 5 Spoken discourse 6 Strategic interaction 7 Context, culture and communication 8 Mediated discourse analysis 9 Multimodal discourse analysis 10 Corpus-assisted discourse analysis B Development: Approaches to discourse analysis 1 Three ways of looking at discourse 2 Cohesion, coherence and intertextuality 3 All the right moves 4 Constructing reality 5 The texture of talk 6 Negotiating relationships and activities 7 The SPEAKING model 8 Mediation 9 Modes, meaning and action 10 Procedures for corpus-assisted discourse analysis C Exploration: Analysing discourse 1 Doing discourse analysis: first steps 2 Analysing texture 3 Analysing genres 4 Competing Discourses 5 Analysing speech acts 6 Conversational strategies online 7 Analysing contexts 8 Doing mediated discourse analysis 9 Analysing multimodality 10 Analysing corpora D Extension: Research in discourse analysis 1 The little texts in our lives 2 Texture: Old and new 3 Online genres and discourse communities 4 Ideologies in discourse 5 Conversations in online ‘dating’ and ‘grooming’ 6 ‘Coaching’ and ‘bragging’: Positioning and politeness in discourse 7 Ethnographic approaches to discourse analysis 8 Discourse and action 9 Identity, stereotypes, and multimodal discourse analysis 10 Corpus-assisted discourse analysis Further reading References Author index Glossarial index
Rodney H. Jones is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Reading, UK. His other titles with Routledge include Language and Media: A Resource Book for Students, Second Edition (with Sylvia Jaworska and Erhan Aslan, Routledge 2020) and Understanding Digital Literacies: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition (with Christoph A. Hafner, Routledge 2021). He is also editor of The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity (Routledge 2015).
