Discourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introduction

ISBN 10: 1848606494 / ISBN 13: 9781848606494

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introduction
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848606494
• ISBN 13: 9781848606494
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Discourse Studies is the largest, most complete, most diverse and only multidisciplinary introduction to the field. Now combined into a single volume, this essential handbook:

• is fully updated from start to finish to cover contemporary debates and research literature

• covers everything from grammar, narrative, argumentation, cognition and pragmatics to social, political and critical approaches

• adds two new chapters on ideology and identity

• puts the student at the center, offering brand new features such as worked examples, sample analyses and recommended further reading

Written and edited by world-class scholars in their fields, it is the essential, one-stop companion for any student of discourse analysis and discourse studies.

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.