‘This book is as rich and varied a guide to the latest developments in discourse analysis as you are likely to find. The book has an all-encompassing coverage, a genuinely international cast list of contributors, numerous new and subtly inflected approaches to the topic and embraces a range of methods of doing discourse analysis in both theory and practice. It is clearly written, consistently authoritative and obviously edited with care and wisdom. It is a book that brilliantly underlines how central and fundamental discourse analysis is to so many fields of enquiry.'

- Professor Ronald Carter, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK,

[Part 1] contributions meaningfully contextualize the study of discourse considering the rapid developments brought about by globalization and communication technologies...[Part 2] chapters help inform readers on the benefits of discourse analysis in educational settings...[and] reveal interesting inputs on the effect of discourse among working professionals in myriad settings...As a whole, the volume meaningfully encapsulates the state-of-the-art of discourse analysis in different fields. For novice and expert readers, the book is a manageable resource since each chapter is strategically organized in terms of the history, methods and potential problems of discourse analysis applied in different fields. Likewise, each chapter provides sample investigations to contextualize the concepts earlier discussed, allowing readers to appreciate the potentials of different means of discourse analysis...importantly, the featured papers address the interdisciplinary nature of discourse research...for its organization and presentation of current thinking and practice in the field this volume is an exemplary work which holds value for beginning and experienced researchers alike.

- Paolo Nino Valdez, Department of English and Applied Linguistics, De La Salle University, Manila, The Philippines, Discourse Studies