Author : Deborah Schiffrin
Release : 2008-04-15
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 983/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Handbook of Discourse Analysis by : Deborah Schiffrin
Download or read book The Handbook of Discourse Analysis written by Deborah Schiffrin. This book was released on 2008-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significant contributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the central issues in contemporary discourse analysis. Features comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis. Offers an overview of how different disciplines approach the analysis of discourse. Provides analysis of a wide range of data, including political speeches, everyday conversation, and literary texts. Includes a varied range of theoretical models, such as relevance theory and systemic-functional linguistics; and methodology, including interpretive, statistical, and formal methodsFeatures comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis.