Mediated Discourse - Softcover

Scollon, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415248833 ISBN 13: 9780415248839

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice sets out a discursive theory of human action.
Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how they are related. Mediated Discourse Theory looks into social relationships to see how the use of language is both a form of action in itself and is also indirectly related to all other forms of human action.
Through the empirical study of a one year old child learning to exchange objects with caregivers, Scollon challenges the commonly held claim that all practices are represented in discourse and that all discourse has the function of structuring practice.
Calling upon work in interactional sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, anthropological linguistics, sociocultural psychology, and intercultural communication, the Mediated Discourse Theory set out in this book resolves current problematic issues such as how practices are learned across the boundaries of groups and how individuals come to be socialized as social actors.

About this title

About the Author:

Ron Scollon is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA.

Review:

'It is a beautifully written exploration of the way mediated discourse gets accomplished, but it also clarifies ways of analyzing discourse with rich discussions of theory and analysis based on a number of illustrations taken from everyday events.' - Frank Bramlett, Discourse & Society

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415248833
• ISBN 13: 9780415248839
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196