Overview

What can language tell us about society? Looking at a range of genres, from political speeches to internet chat, this book shows how qualitative methods are used to analyse discourses throughout the social sciences. The practical problems of designing and conducting discourse-based research are solved in this key resource for all social scientists.

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Author:   Ruth Wodak ,  G. Mautner ,  Greg Myers ,  Micha? Krzy?anowski
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780230019867

ISBN 10:   0230019862
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Discourse Studies Important Concepts and Terms; R.Wodak Analyzing Newspapers, Magazines and Other Print Media; G. Mautner Analyzing Communication in the New Media; H. Gruber Analyzing TV documentaries; A. Pollak Analyzing Political Rhetoric; M. Reisigl Analyzing Interaction in Broadcast Debates; G. Myers Analyzing Research Interviews; J. Abell and G. Myers Analyzing Focus Group Discussions; M. Krzyzanowski Discourse Analysis and Ethnography; F.Oberhuber and M. Krzyzanowski Glossary.

Reviews

'The structure of the book is well suited to didactic purposes, and the concise and well formatted chapters containing much illustrative material makes the presentation lucid.' - Qualitative Sociology Review

Author Information

RUTH WODAK is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Discourse Studies in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. She was previously awarded the Wittgenstein Prize for Elite Researchers and is Head of the Wittgenstein Research Centre 'Discourse, Politics, Identity' at the University of Vienna. She has been published widely in the field of Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Studies. MICHAL KRZYZANOWSKI is Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and Assistant Professor at the School of English of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. He has been published widely in the field of Discourse Analysis.

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