"Deborah Schiffrin has written a rigorous yet accessible description and comparison of various approaches to the analysis of discourse." <i> Pragmatics </i>

This is a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. It compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory.

The author not only considers each approach from several standpoints but she also illustrates them through extensive applications to a variety of concrete social and linguistic problems facing discourse analysts.

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* provides guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. * compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory.
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Preface and Acknowledgments.

Part I: The Scope of Discourse Analysis.

1. Overview.

2. Definitions of Discourse.

Part II: Approaches to Discourse Analysis.

3. Speech Act Theory.

4. Interactional Sociolinguists.

5. The Ethnography of Communication.

6. Pragmatics.

7. Conversation Analysis.

8. Variation Analysis.

Part III: Conclusion.

9. Structure and Function.

10. Text and Context.

11. Discourse and Communication.

12. Conclusion: Language as Social Interaction.

Appendix 1: Collecting Data.

Appendix 2: Transcription Conventions.

Appendix 3: Sample Data.

Bibliography.

Index

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This is a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. It compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory.

The author not only considers each approach from several standpoints but she also illustrates them through extensive applications to a variety of concrete social and linguistic problems facing discourse analysts.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780631166238
Publisert
1993-11-29
Utgiver
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Vekt
816 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
173 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, P, UP, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Deborah Schiffrin is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is author of Discourse Markers (1987).