Advances in Discourse Studies

by Vijay Bhatia (Editor), John Flowerdew (Editor), Rodney H. Jones (Editor)

Overview

Methods of approaching the study of discourse have developed rapidly in the last ten years, influenced by a growing interdisciplinary spirit among linguistics and anthropology, sociology, cognitive and cultural psychology and cultural studies, as well as among established sub-fields within linguistics itself. Among the more recent developments are an increasing ‘critical’ turn in discourse analysis, a growing interest in historical, ethnographic and corpus-based approaches to discourse, more concern with the social contexts in which discourse occurs, the social actions that it is used to take and the identities that are constructed through it, as well as a revaluation of what counts as ‘discourse’ to include multi-modal texts and interaction.

Advances in Discourse Studies brings together contributions from leading scholars in the field, investigating the historical and theoretical relationships between new advances in discourse studies and pointing towards new directions for the future of the discipline. Featuring discussion questions, classroom projects and recommended readings at the end of each section, as well as case studies illustrating each approach discussed, this is an invaluable resource for students of interdisciplinary discourse analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415398091
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/08/2007
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Vijay Bhatia, John Flowerdew, Rodney H. Jones

Table of Contents

List of contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 Approaches to discourse analysis, PART I Conversation analysis, PART II Ethnographic-based discourse analysis, Corpus-based discourse analysis, PART IV Multimodal discourse analysis, PART V Genre analysis, PART VI Critical discourse analysis, PART VII Mediated discourse analysis, Index