Discourse and genre : analysing language in context
- Author
- Additional Author(s)
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- Publisher
- Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780230217973
- Series
- Perspectives on the English language series
- Subject(s)
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- Notes
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. Bibliography: p. 199-207. Index: p. 208-213
- Abstract
- This accessible guide to discourse employs an innovative, inductive approach, with a clear focus on genre that allows students to examine language in context. Using real texts, students are shown how each dimension of discourse links together and are offered practical guidance on how to carry out a discourse analysis project.
Physical Dimension
- Number of Page(s)
- xii, 213 p.
- Dimension
- 24 cm.
- Other Desc.
- ill.
Summary / Review / Table of Content
Introduction
How Do We Understand Texts?
Discourse and Discourse Analysis
Genre
Discourse Modes
Analysing Discourse: A Heuristic Approach
Spoken Genres: Conversations and Classrooms
Spoken Genres: The Courtroom, Jokes, Sports Commentary and Advertising
Written Genres: News reports, Personal Ads, Texting and Online Gaming
Texts Referring to other Texts: Intertextuality
Doing Discourse Analysis
Bibliography.
Exemplar(s)
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| 1. | 01281/17 | 401.41 Bax D | Library - 7th Floor | Available |
| 2. | 01282/17 | 401.41 Bax D | Library - 7th Floor | Available |
