Textual Interaction: An Introduction to Written Discourse Analysis / Edition 1

by Michael Hoey

Overview

Textual Interaction provides a clear and cogent account of written discourse analysis. Each chapter introduces key concepts and analytical techniques, describes important parallel work and major issues, and suggests how to apply the ideas to the teaching and learning of reading and writing. In this activity-based book, Hoey analyses a wide variety of narrative texts and argues that, in the interaction between writer and reader, the reader has as much power as the writer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415231695
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/14/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Hoey is Baines Professor of English Language and Director of the Applied English Language Studies Unit at the University of Liverpool. His books include On the Surface of Discourse and Patterns of Lexis in Text.

Table of Contents

Table on Contents. Dedication. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. What to expect and what not to expect. Chapter 2. Text as a site for interaction. Chapter 3. Interaction in text: the larger perspective. Chapter 4. The hierachical organisation of texts. Chapter 5. The organisation of some ‘Cinderella' texts. Chapter 6. A matrix persepective on text. Chapter 7. Culturally popular patterns of text organisation. Chapter 8. Other sulturally popular patterns. Chapter 9. When the pattern turns into a dialogue. Bibliography.