Advances in Discourse Studies

Methods of approaching the study of discourse have developed rapidly in the last ten years, influenced by a growing interdisciplinary spirit among linguistics and anthropology, sociology, cognitive and cultural psychology and cultural studies, as well as among established sub-fields within linguistics itself. Among the more recent developments are an increasing 'critical' turn in discourse analysis, a growing interest in historical, ethnographic and corpus-based approaches to discourse, more concern with the social contexts in which discourse occurs, the social actions that it is used to take and the identities that are constructed through it, as well as a revaluation of what counts as 'discourse' to include multi-modal texts and interaction. "Advances in Discourse Studies" brings together contributions from leading scholars in the field, investigating the historical and theoretical relationships between new advances in discourse studies and pointing towards new directions for the future of the discipline. Featuring discussion questions, classroom projects and recommended readings at the end of each section, as well as case studies illustrating each approach discussed, this is an invaluable resource for students of interdisciplinary discourse analysis.

ISBN 041539810X   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780415398107 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 420 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Jul 2007   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress P302   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 401.41   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Approaches to discourse analysis by Vijay K. Bhatia and John Flowerdew and Rodney H. Jones		1
2		Conversation analysis: overview and new directions by Paul Drew and Traci Curl		22
3		Being out of order: overlapping talk as evidence of trouble in airline pilots' work by Maurice Nevile		36
4		Ethnographic-based discourse analysis: uses, issues and prospects by Graham Smart		56
5		Using ethnography in the analysis of pedagogical practice: perspectives from activity theory by Angel Lin		67
6		Corpora and discourse analysis: new ways of doing old things by David Y. W. Lee		86
7		Corpus-based analyses of discourse: dimensions of variation in conversation by Douglas Biber		100
8		Corpora and context in professional writing by Lynne Flowerdew		115
9		Some thoughts on personal identity construction: a multimodal perspective by Sigrid Norris		132
10		Multimodal discourse analysis: the case of 'ability' in UK secondary school English by Carey Jewitt and Ken Jones		149
11		Towards critical genre analysis by Vijay K. Bhatia		166
12		Genre evolution? The case for a diachronic perspective by Carol Berkenkotter		178
13		Critical discourse analysis and strategies of resistance by John Flowerdew		195
14		Mediation, text and action by Lilie Chouliaraki		211
15		Discourse itineraries: nine processes of resemiotization by Ron Scollon		233
16		Good sex and bad karma: discourse and the historical body by Rodney H. Jones		245

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