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OverviewA clear and lively introduction to current trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse studies, this book is a valuable guide for students and teachers of linguistics as well as for those with an interest in the linguistic methods of analysing discourse (media, rhetoric and stylistics, pragmatics, communication studies scholars etc). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexandra Georgakopoulou , Dionysis GoutsosPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.356kg ISBN: 9780748620456ISBN 10: 0748620451 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 05 July 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The Study of Discourse; 2. The Modes of Discourse; 3. Discourse Units and Relations; 4. Discourse Organisation; 5. Structure and Functions; 6. Narrative and Non-narrative in Interaction; 7. Emerging Perspectives on Discourse; Bibliography.ReviewsA scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate insights from many theoretical positions on discourse - all the gurus are there ...The reader activities should be of considerable interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot summaries to NYPD Blue, to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter. -- Jenny Miller, University of Queensland Characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues, accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data ... a guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented viewpoint. -- Wolfram Bublitz, University of Augsburg A scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate insights from many theoretical positions on discourse - all the gurus are there ...The reader activities should be of considerable interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot summaries to NYPD Blue, to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter. Characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues, accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data ... a guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented viewpoint. Author InformationAlexandra Georgakopoulou is Reader in Modern Greek language and linguistics at King's College London. Dionysis Goutsos is Assistant Professor in text linguistics at the University of Athens. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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