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OverviewHistorical Discourse analyses the importance of the language of time, cause and evaluation in both texts which students at secondary school are required to read, and their own writing for assessment. In contrast to studies which have denied that history has a specialised language, Caroline Coffin demonstrates through a detailed study of historical texts, that writing about the past requires different genres, lexical and grammatical structures. In this analysis, language emerges as a powerful tool for making meaning in historical writing. Presupposing no prior knowledge of systemic functional linguistics, this insightful book will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and discourse analysis, as well as history educators. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Caroline CoffinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.364kg ISBN: 9781847065735ISBN 10: 1847065732 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 January 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of Contents1. History as academic discipline 2. The systemic functional linguistic approach to discourse analysis 3. The role of the recording genres 4. The role of the explaining and arguing genres 5. Learning historically valued representations of time 6. Building different types of causal explanations 7. Responding to, judging and assessing past events 8. Educational implications and applications Glossary of technical terms References IndexReviewsThis book makes a major contribution to the study of historical discourse and while it will be of interest to teachers of history, it will in addition be of considerable interest to those who work in discourse studies generally- linguists, applied linguists and educational linguists. Frances Christie, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor, University of Sydney 'Coffin's Historical Discourse provides a systematic, informative and insightful description of the nature of historical discourse, it's function and role, and of its pedagogic potential in the context of secondary schools... Historical Discourse is an exceptionally well-written book that expounds on the role of language in learnning and teaching history. It offers a systematic and comprehensive account of a rich array of language resources that are critical to success in history and provides valuable insights into the nature of, and the teaching and learning of historical discourse' Honglin Chen, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia Author InformationDr Caroline Coffin is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication at the Open University, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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