Discourse and genre : analysing language in context

Author(s)

• Bax, Stephen

Bibliographic Information

Discourse and genre : analysing language in context

Stephen Bax

（Perspectives on the English language）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

• : hardback
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 199-207

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BB05076485
• ISBN:
  • 9780230217966
  • 9780230217973
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 213 p.
• Size: 24-25 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 801.01
  • DC22 : 401/.41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- discourse analysis
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA78575445