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Approaches to Discourse: Language as Social Interaction (Language in Society S.) ISBN: 0631166238 ISBN13: 9780631166238 Approaches to Discourse: Language as Social Interaction (Language in Society S.) By: Deborah Schiffrin Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Format: Paperback Our Price: 23.24 Discount: 7% RRP: 24.99

This is a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. It compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory.The author not only considers each approach from several standpoints but she also illustrates them through extensive applications to a variety of concrete social and linguistic problems facing discourse analysts.


Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments

Part I: The Scope of Discourse Analysis

1

Overview

2

Definitions of Discourse

Part II: Approaches to Discourse Analysis

3

Speech Act Theory

4

Interactional Sociolinguists

5

The Ethnography of Communication

6

Pragmatics

7

Conversation Analysis

8

Variation Analysis

Part III: Conclusion

9

Structure and Function

10

Text and Context

11

Discourse and Communication

12

Conclusion: Language as Social Interaction

Appendix 1: Collecting Data

Appendix 2: Transcription Conventions

Appendix 3: Sample Data

Bibliography

Index


Brief Description:

Compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication and variation theory. Each approach is illustrated with practical applications to concrete social and linguistic problems.

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