The Discourse Reader

Jaworski, Adam

ISBN 10: 0415629489 / ISBN 13: 9780415629485

Published by Routledge, 2014

About this Item

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge." Editor(s): Jaworski, Adam; Coupland, Nikolas. Num Pages: 534 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1065. . 2014. 3rd Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Discourse Reader
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415629489
• ISBN 13: 9780415629485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

In this bestselling Reader, Jaworski and Coupland have collected in one volume the most important and influential articles on discourse analysis. Designed as a structured sourcebook and divided into clear sections, The Discourse Reader covers the foundations of modern discourse analysis and represents all of its contemporary methods and traditions.

The third edition:

• Has been revised and updated throughout to ensure a selection of up to date and accessible readings

• Includes new readings by Jan Blommaert, Norman Fairclough, James Paul Gee, Barbara Johnstone, Ron Scollon and Don Zimmerman, among others.

• Features papers by leading researchers commissioned especially for the new edition.

The general introduction serves as an essential introduction to the field of discourse analysis, while the section introductions provide a useful overview and further insight into the readings.

The third edition of The Discourse Reader is a key resource for all students of discourse analysis in a wide range of disciplines from linguistics to communication studies, anthropology and psychology.

About the Author

Adam Jaworski is Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He is co-editor of Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Space (2010) and co-author of Tourism Discourse: The Language of Global Mobility (2010).

Nikolas Coupland is Research Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Distinguished Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Technology Sydney. He is editor of the Handbook of Language and Globalization (2010) and co-editor of Standard Languages and Language Standards in a Changing Europe (2011) with Tore Kristiansen.