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Overview"""An exemplary textbook. Making even the most complex ideas fully accessible, it is grounded in an extensive literature, filled with engaging examples, and offers ample suggestions for independent research. It's been a key text in my classes for over a decade and, as fresh and relevant as ever, will continue to buttress my graduate seminars and undergraduate courses alike."" - Professor Crispin Thurlow, University of Washington Comprehensive, practical, lively and accessible, Working with Spoken Discourse is the much-loved benchmark for learning to do discourse analysis. It combines theory and practice to give students the grounding they need in practical techniques of analyzing talk and how to apply them to real data. Begins with the `why' and `how' of doing discourse analysis Packs examples into every chapter to help explain complex concepts Uses exercises and activities to reinforce what you've learned Leads you through the practicalities of designing your own project Exceptionally clear, and perfect for undergraduates starting a project, this is the essential guide to spoken discourse." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Deborah CameronPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780761957720ISBN 10: 0761957723 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 22 March 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPART ONE: PRELIMINARIES What Is Discourse and Why Analyze It? Collecting Data Practical and Ethical Issues Transcribing Spoken Data PART TWO: APPROACHES Approaches to Discourse Analysis An Initial Orientation Situations and Events The Ethnography of Speaking Doing Things with Words Pragmatics Structure and Sequence Conversation Analysis Small Differences, Big Difference International Sociolinguistics Hidden Agenda? Critical Discourse Analysis PART THREE: APPLICATIONS Working with Talk in Social Research Identity, Difference and Power Locating Social Relations in Talk Designing Your Own ProjectsReviewsWorking with Spoken Discourse is an exemplary textbook. Making even the most complex ideas fully accessible, it is grounded in an extensive literature, filled with engaging examples, and offers ample suggestions for independent research. It’s been a key text in my classes for over a decade and, as fresh and relevant as ever, will continue to buttress my graduate seminars and undergraduate courses alike. -- Professor Crispin Thurlow Working with Spoken Discourse is an exemplary textbook. Making even the most complex ideas fully accessible, it is grounded in an extensive literature, filled with engaging examples, and offers ample suggestions for independent research. It's been a key text in my classes for over a decade and, as fresh and relevant as ever, will continue to buttress my graduate seminars and undergraduate courses alike. -- Professor Crispin Thurlow 20140214 Author InformationDeborah Cameron teaches at Oxford University, where she is Professor of Language and Communication. Her main research interests are in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and the study of gender and sexuality; her previous publications include Working with Spoken Discourse (2001) and Working with Written Discourse (with Ivan Panovic, 2014), Good to Talk? (2000),The Myth of Mars and Venus (2007), and Verbal Hygiene (1995/2012). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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