Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis examines the field and presents James Paul Gee's unique integrated approach which incorporates both a theory of language-in-use and a method of research.
Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis examines the field and presents James Paul Gee's unique integrated approach which incorporates both a theory of language-in-use and a method of research.
James Paul Gee is Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, USA. He is author of a number of books, including How to Do Discourse Analysis, second edition, Language and Learning in the Digital Age and is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis.
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1. Introduction 2. What is Discourse Analysis 3. Building Tasks 4. Tools of Inquiry and Discourses 5. Social Languages, Conversations and Intertextuality 6. Form-Function Correlations, Situated Meanings, and Figured Worlds 7. Figured Worlds 8. Context 9. Discourse Analysis 10. Processing and Organizing Language 11. Sample of Discourse Analysis 1 12. Sample of Discourse Analysis 2 13. Sample of Discourse Analysis 3 Chapter 14. Conclusion: Proactive Design