Discourse as Structure and Process (Discourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introductio) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803978448 ISBN 13: 9780803978447

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

What are the structures of discourse and what are the functions of these structures in the communicative context? This volume explains how and why discourse is organized at various levels.

The multidisciplinary contributions illustrate that discourse analysis goes far beyond the linguistic answer of designing grammars and goes hand in hand with the study of their uses and functions in the social context. Comprehensive and accessible, the volume covers a huge variety of discourse genres, including written and spoken, and storytelling and argumentation. The chapters also illustrate the necessity to examine the mental processes of the language users: How do people go about producing, understanding and remembering text or talk?

About this title

About the Author:

Teun A. van Dijk is a Visiting Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. From 1980 to 2006 he held a personal chair as Professor of Discourse Studies at the University of Amsterdam. A world leading scholar of discourse studies and author of over 250 books and articles, he edits the SAGE journals Disourse & Society, Discourse Studies, and Discourse and Communication.

Review:

`Each chapter offers a useful introduction to the literature in its area and an exposition of theoretical perspectives, usually illustrated by one or more examples of text analysis. The volume is a treasure for newcomers to discourse studies, or to discourse analysis methodologies; in addition, it challenges specialists to connect their work more fully with approaches from other perspectives' - Language in Society

About this edition

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0803978448
• ISBN 13: 9780803978447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Van Dijk Teun A.