Discourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introduction

by Teun A. van Dijk (Editor)

Overview

A second edition of two classic texts, now in an all-in-one volume. A general introduction to the increasingly influential cross-disciplinary area of discourse studies, this is edited by the key name in the field and has a stellar list of contributors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848606494
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/28/2011
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Teun A. van Dijk is a Visiting Professor at
Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. From 1980 to 2006 he held a personal chair as Professor of Discourse Studies at the University of Amsterdam. A world leading scholar of discourse studies and author of over 250 books and articles,
he edits the SAGE journals Disourse &
Society, Discourse Studies, and Discourse and Communication.

Table of Contents

The Study of Discourse - Teun A van Dijk
The Story of Discourse Analysis - Robert de Beaugrande
Discourse Semantics - Russell Tomlin et al
Discourse and Grammar - Susanna Cumming and Tsuyoshi Ono
Discourse Styles - Barbara Sandig and Margret Selting
Rhetoric - Ann Gill and Karen Whedbee
Narrative - Elinor Ochs
Argumentation - Frans van Eemeren et al
Genres and Registers of Discourse - Jim Martin and Suzanne Eggins
Discourse Semiotics - Gunther Kress, Regina Leite-Garcia and Theo van Leeuwen
Cognition - Arthur Graesser, Morton Gernsbacher and Susan Goldman
Social Cognition and Discourse - Susan Condor and Charles Antaki
Discourse as Interaction in Society - Teun A van Dijk
Discourse Pragmatics - Shoshana Blum-Kulka
Conversation Analysis - Anita Pomerantz and B J Fehr
Institutional Dialogue - Paul Drew and Marja-Leena Soronjen
Gender in Discourse - Cheris Kramarae, Candace West and Michelle Lazar
Discourse, Ethnicity, Culture and Racism - Teun A van Dijk et al
Organizational Discourse - Dennis Mumby and Robin Clair
Discourse and Politics - Paul Chilton and Christina Schäffner
Discourse and Culture - Anna Wierzbicka and Cliff Goddard
Critical Discourse Analysis - Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak
Applied Discourse Analysis - Britt-Louise Gunnarsson

Editorial Reviews

This very welcome updated second edition will allow Teun van Dijk's very popular Discourse Studies to consolidate its already strong and central position in the area. Featuring chapters written by so many of the leading scholars it will continue to be a stimulating and wide-ranging introduction to the discipline of discourse studies for new generations of students
Malcolm Coulthard
University of Birmingham

This collection is a landmark in the oeuvre of one of the founding fathers of Discourse Analysis. Van Dijk has managed to edit a volume of lasting significance, and some of the chapters in this book belong to the most widely read in the field. In its totality, 'Discourse Studies' offers us a 360 degree tour of the field, bringing a wealth of insights to each of its aspects, and building a vocabulary for studying them that has in the meantime become the discourse of discourse analysis. Nothing in this volume is dated, everything remains mandatory reading for every student and advanced practicioner
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University

From the Publisher

The multidisciplinary approach of the book is very effective in drawing in students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, while the chapters applying discourse analysis to specific areas like race and gender are useful too, for a range of students, depending on their interests. The two new chapters are essential reading for all my students of discourse analysis, especially the undergrads, who often find whole book treatments of the theory a bit heavy going.

Sally Hunt