Discourse Theory and Practice

'A highly effective introduction to the range of approaches found in discourse analysis! a lively and intellectually stimulating Reader' - David Silverman, Goldsmith College, University of London Discourse Theory and Practice is much more than a collection of key classic articles and papers in the field of discourse analysis. The aim of the book is to introduce students to the major figures in the field, and to some of their writings which, combined with the interspersed editorial commentaries, should allow students to understand the key epistemological and methodological issues of discourse theory and practice. The Reader is organized into four coherent parts, namely: Foundations and Building Blocks; Social Interaction; Minds, Selves and Sense-Making; and Culture and Social Relations. Key readings include works by Stuart Hall, Jonathan Potter, David Silverman, Erving Goffman, Teun van Dijk, Derek Edwards and Michael Billig. Chapters introduce the student to each individual and their reading, contextualizing each in terms of their contribution to the field, theoretical standpoint and individual method of doing discourse analysis.The many didactic elements of the book make it ideal as an introduction to the study of discourse for all students of psychology, sociology, linguistics or cultural studies. This book is a course reader for The Open University course Discourse Analysis (D843).

ISBN 0761971564   Pages 416 ISBN13 9780761971566 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd   Weight (grammes) 726 Imprint SAGE Publications Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Published in Association with the Open University Publication date 27 Mar 2001   Height (mm) 242 Library of Congress H61.W84 20   Width (mm) 170 DEWEY 401.41   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education

Pt. 1		Foundations and Building Blocks
		Themes in Discourse Research: The Case of Diana by Margaret Wetherell
		From Saussure to Critical Sociolinguistics: The Turn towards a Social View of Language by Gunther Kress
		Wittgenstein and Austin by Jonathan Potter
		Goffman, Garfinkel and Conversation Analysis by John Heritage
		The Ethnography of Speaking: Sapir-Whorf, Hymes and Moerman by Kristine Fitch
		Language, Struggle and Voice: The Bakhtin Voloshinov Writings by Janet Maybin
		Foucault: Power, Knowledge and Discourse by Stuart Hall
Pt. 2		Social Interaction
		Editors' Introduction by Simeon J. Yates
		Footing by Erving Goffman
		Lecture One: Rules of Conversational Sequence by Harvey Sacks
		The Construction of 'Delicate' Objects in Counselling by David Silverman
		Interethnic Communication by John Gumperz
		The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance by Deborah Tannen
		Just Say No? The Use of Conversation Analysis in Developing a Feminist Perspective of Sexual Refusal by Celia Kitzinger and Hannah Frith
Pt. 3		Mind, Selves and Sense-Making
		Editors' Introduction by Margaret Wetherell
		Unfolding Discourse Analysis by Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell
		Discursive, Rhetorical and Ideological Messages by Michael Billig
		The Multivoicedness of Meaning by James Wertsch
		Emotion by Derek Edwards
		Self-Narration in Social Life by Kenneth Gergen
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'A highly effective introduction to the range of approaches found in discourse analysis! a lively and intellectually stimulating Reader' - David Silverman, Goldsmith College, University of London

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