Studies in Discourse Analysis (RLE Linguistics B : Grammar)

Malcolm Coulthard

ISBN 10: 0415723841 / ISBN 13: 9780415723848

Published by Routledge, 2014

About this Item

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book explores ways in which the formal methods of linguistics can cast light on the structure of verbal interaction, and in particular considers how successive utterances cohere together in continuous spoken discourse. Beginning with an earlier model of discourse analysis elaborated to deal with teacher-pupil interaction in the classroom, it then reviews attempts to extend this model to a variety of discourses such as committee talk, doctor-patient interviews, broadcast discussions and the monologue of lectures. This extension has prompted a number of innovations and additional insights. There are contributions on the role of intonation and of kinetics in discourse analysis; explorations of the problems of the analytic category 'sentence' and of the problems raised by casual conversation; and there is extended discussion of the structural properties underlying exchanges of utterances.

Seller Inventory # 9780415723848

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in Discourse Analysis (RLE Linguistics B : Grammar)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415723841
• ISBN 13: 9780415723848
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 16D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 493 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The book explores ways in which the formal methods of linguistics can cast light on the structure of verbal interaction, and in particular considers how successive utterances cohere together in continuous spoken discourse. Beginning with an earlier model of discourse analysis elaborated to deal with teacher-pupil interaction in the classroom, it then reviews attempts to extend this model to a variety of discourses such as committee talk, doctor-patient interviews, broadcast discussions and the monologue of lectures.

The extension of the original model to other situations has prompted a number of innovations and additional insights which are expounded in a series of contributions linked by complimentary themes. There are contributions on the role of intonation and of kinetics in discourse analysis; explorations of the problems of the analytic category ‘sentence’ and of the problems raised by casual conversation; and there is extended discussion of the structural properties underlying exchanges of utterances.

The book moves easily between data and theory, forming a unified whole. It sums up a continuing and lively debate within a common tradition of discourse analysis and may well serve as a programmatic statement for future work in the field.

About the Author

Coulthard, Malcolm; Montgomery, Martin