Discourse and genre : analysing language in context
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Discourse and genre : analysing language in context
（Perspectives on the English language）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 199-207
Includes index
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Description
This accessible guide to discourse employs an innovative, inductive approach, with a clear focus on genre that allows students to examine language in context. Using real texts, students are shown how each dimension of discourse links together and are offered practical guidance on how to carry out a discourse analysis project.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- How Do We Understand Texts?.- Discourse and Discourse Analysis.- Genre.- Discourse Modes.- Analysing Discourse: A Heuristic Approach.- Spoken Genres: Conversations and Classrooms.- Spoken Genres: The Courtroom, Jokes, Sports Commentary and Advertising.- Written Genres: News reports, Personal Ads, Texting and Online Gaming.- Texts Referring to other Texts: Intertextuality.- Doing Discourse Analysis.- Bibliography.
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