Discourse analysis : an introduction

Author(s)

• Georgakopoulou, Alexandra
• Goutsos, Dionysis

Bibliographic Information

Discourse analysis : an introduction

Alexandra Georgakopoulou and Dionysis Goutsos

Edinburgh University Press, c1997

Note

Bibliography: p. [186]-203

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Offering an introduction to the latest trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse studies, this work aims to give a grounding to the linguistics mechanisms and strategies of discourse, emphasizing their interaction with their contexts of occurrence. It also familiarizes the reader with the linguistic construction of different text-types, and the ways in which they can be analyzed from a variety of perspectives.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 The study discourse: discourse - the text-linguistic perspective
• text as a unit
• content, form and structure
• cohesion
• text, meaning and context
• the data of discourse
• analysis. Chapter 2 The modes of discourse: speech events and schemata
• genres or discourse types - spoken and written
• discourse modes
• the narrative mode
• the non-narrative mode
• defining characteristics of the two modes. Chapter 3 Discourse units and relations: narrative parts and plot
• units as thematic categories
• narrative sequence and hierarchy
• non-narrative units in sequence
• ideational acts
• intentional relations and arguments. Chapter 4 Discourse organization: discourse markers
• participant chains
• time chains
• lexical patterning I
• lexical patterning II
• sentence structure patterning
• the synergy of signals. Chapter 5 Structures and functions: evaluation and tellability in narrative
• strategies of involvement
• narrative performance
• summary
• non-narrative rhetorical patterns and functions
• evaluation in non-narrative discourse
• functions and generic structures. Chapter 6 Narrative and non-narrative in interaction: contexts of interaction
• between narrative and non-narrative
• non-patterned discourse
• the interaction of analyses
• units and structures
• functions and relations
• knowledge in discourse
• interdisciplinary affiliations and emerging paradigms
• towards an integration of discourse approaches.

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Details

• NCID: BA30186670
• ISBN:
  • 0748608346
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: x, 208 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 401.41
  • NDC8 : 801
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Discourse analysis