Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research

by Norman Fairclough

Overview

This accessible introduction to text and discourse analysis will help all students and researchers who rely on real language data to get the most out of their resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415258937
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/24/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Norman Fairclough

Table of Contents

Part 1: Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices 3. Intertextuality and Assumptions Part 2: Genres and Action 4. Genres 5. Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses 6. Types of Exchange, Speech Functions, and Grammatical Mood Part 3: Discourses and Representations 7. Discourses 8. Representations of Social Events Part 4: Styles and Identities 9. Styles 10. Modality and Evaluation 11. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'This is a through and detailed introduction to textual analysis which will benefit those to whom it is mainly directed: students and researchers in social science and humanities. - escalate

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