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OverviewAdding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together van Leeuwen's methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, van Leeuwen argues, is a resource for representation, a knowledge about some aspect of reality which can be drawn upon when that aspect of reality has to be represented, a framework for making sense of things. And they are plural. There can be different discourses, different ways of making sense of the same aspect of reality that serve different interests and will therefore be used in different social contexts. However abstract some discourses are, discourses ultimately always represent doings, van Leeuwen argues. Doing is the foundation of knowing, and social practices are the foundation of discourses. Studying children's books, newspaper reports, brochures and other texts, as well as photographs and children's toys, van Leeuwen investigates what can happen when practices are transformed into discourses and provides analytical tools for reconstructing discourses from texts. Throughout the book, van Leeuwen makes connections between sociological and linguistic or semiotic concepts and methods to ensure the social and critical relevance of his analytical categories. van Leeuwen's work has already been widely used by critical discourse analysts across the world. This volume will be a welcome guide for anyone looking for a form of discourse analysis that is both explicit and methodical, and critically incisive. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Theo van Leeuwen (Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.434kg ISBN: 9780195323306ISBN 10: 0195323300 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 10 April 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1:: Discourse as the recontextualization of social practice Chapter 2:: Representing social actors Chapter 3:: Representing social action Chapter 4:: Time in discourse Chapter 5:: Space in discourse Chapter 6:: The discursive construction of legitimation Chapter 7:: The discursive construction of purpose Chapter 8:: Chapter 9::ReviewsAuthor InformationTheo van Leeuwen has worked as a film and television producer and scriptwriter in Holland and Australia. He then studied linguistics and combined the methods of linguistic analysis with his knowledge of visual communication in developing his approach to social semiotics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |