Login
Login
Discourse and genre: analysing language in context
Not available
Palgrave Macmillan
2011
Basingstoke
(eng) English
9780230217973
Perspectives on the English language series
Not available
Not available
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.
xii, 213 p.
24 cm.
ill.
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.
Access no. Call number Location Status
01281/17 401.41 Bax D Library - 7th Floor Available
01282/17 401.41 Bax D Library - 7th Floor Available
Similar collections by subject
Close
Download QR code