CiNii Books - Discourse and social life

This collection brings together for the first time in a single volume many of the major figures in contemporary discourse studies. Each chapter is an original contribution which has been specifically commissioned for this book, and together they document the wide range of concerns and techniques which characterise the discipline at the turn of the century. Discourse and Social Life is concerned with a variety of different types of data - talk, text and interaction - and covers research sites which range from the home setting through the health care setting and the courtroom to the public sphere. The book not only provides a critical, historical overview of different traditions of discourse analysis, but also projects to some extent the possible developments of this field of study, as other allied disciplines (Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Rhetoric and Communication Studies) are taking a discursive turn. Readers are invited to draw parallels between these different approaches to studying discourse in its social context. The contributors are- Sally Candlin, Malcolm Coulthard, Justine Coupland, Nikolas Coupland, Norman Fairclough, Ruqaiya Hasan, Robert Kaplan, Geoff Leech, Yon Maley, Greg Myers, Celia Roberts, Srikant Sarangi, Ron Scollon, Theo van Leeuwen, Henry Widdowson and Ruth Wodak.

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The contributors are- Sally Candlin, Malcolm Coulthard, Justine Coupland, Nikolas Coupland, Norman Fairclough, Ruqaiya Hasan, Robert Kaplan, Geoff Leech, Yon Maley, Greg Myers, Celia Roberts, Srikant Sarangi, Ron Scollon, Theo van Leeuwen, Henry Widdowson and Ruth Wodak.

Volume: ISBN 9780582404694

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This collection of articles provides a historical overview of the different traditions of discourse analysis and examines possible developments in the field, within the context of a range of social settings.

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Activity types, discourse types and interactional hybridity - the case of genetic counselling, Srikant Sarangi
the uses of talk, Ruqaiya Hasan
same grammar or different grammar? contrasting approaches to the grammar of spoken English discourse, Geoffrey Leech
the construction of purpose in discourse, Theo van Leeuwen
contrastive rhetoric and discourse analysis - who writes what to whom? when? in what circumstances? Robert B. Kaplan
professional gatekeeping in intercultural encounters, Celia Roberts
becoming a group - face and sociability in moderated discussions, Greg Myers
methodological interdiscursivity - an ethnographic understanding of unfinalisability, Ron Scollon
critical practices - on representation and the interpretation of text, H.G. Widdowson
dialogue in the public sphere, Norman Fairclough
recontextualization and the transformation of meanings - a critical discourse analysis of decision making in EU meetings about employment policies, Ruth Wodak
regional frames and pronominal address/reference - the discourse of geriatric medical triads, Nikolas Coupland and Justine Coupland
new dynamics in the nurse-patient relationship? Sally Candlin
the case of the long-nosed potoroo - the framing and construction of expert witness testimony, Yon Maley
whose text is it? - on the linguistic investigation of authorship, Malcolm Coulthard.

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