Introduction to Discourse Studies: New editionThis new edition of Introduction to Discourse Studies (IDS) is a thoroughly revised and updated version of this successful textbook, which has been published in four languages and has become a must-read for anyone interested in the analysis of texts and discourses. Supported by an international advisory board of 14 leading experts, it deals with all main subdomains in discourse studies, from pragmatics to cognitive linguistics, from critical discourse analysis to stylistics, and many more. The book approaches major issues in this field from the Anglo-American and European as well as the Asian traditions. It provides an ‘academic toolkit’ for future courses on discourse studies and serves as a stepping stone to the independent study of professional literature. The chapters are subdivided in modular sections that can be studied separately. The pedagogical objectives are further supported by over 500 index entries covering frequently used concepts that are accurately defined with examples throughout the text; more than 150 test-yourself questions, all elaborately answered, which are ideal for self-study; nearly 100 assignments that provide ample material for lecturers to focus on specific topics in their courses. Jan Renkema is Emeritus Professor of Discourse Quality at the Department of Communication and Information Sciences at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He is also editor of Discourse, of Course (2009) and author of The Texture of Discourse (2009). In 2009, a Chinese edition of Introduction to Discourse Studies was published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press. Christoph Schubert is Full Professor of English Linguistics at Vechta University, Germany. He is author of an Introduction to English text linguistics (2nd ed. 2012) and co-editor of Pragmatic Perspectives on Postcolonial Discourse (2016) and Variational Text Linguistics (2016). |
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... presentation of the material 5 Questions and assignments 7 Bibliographical information 8 Part I. General orientation Chapter 2 The pragmatic framework 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 The Organon model 13 2.3 Speech act theory 16 2.3.1 Types of ...
... presentation of the material 5 Questions and assignments 7 Bibliographical information 8 Part I. General orientation Chapter 2 The pragmatic framework 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 The Organon model 13 2.3 Speech act theory 16 2.3.1 Types of ...
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... presented. In Part IV some specific domains of interest can be chosen. In Part I, Chapters 2 and 3 provide a general orientation towards the field. The focus is on the last part of the rough definition given earlier: discourse studies ...
... presented. In Part IV some specific domains of interest can be chosen. In Part I, Chapters 2 and 3 provide a general orientation towards the field. The focus is on the last part of the rough definition given earlier: discourse studies ...
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... presented. In Chapter 13, Discourse and cognition, the focus is on what goes on in our brain during the production and the perception of discourse. Cognitive psychologists have done extensive research into modeling the way we speak and ...
... presented. In Chapter 13, Discourse and cognition, the focus is on what goes on in our brain during the production and the perception of discourse. Cognitive psychologists have done extensive research into modeling the way we speak and ...
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... presented, dealing with institutions such as law, health care and news media. Chapter 15, Discourse and culture ... presentation of the material The material in this book has been organized to serve as a first introduction to discourse ...
... presented, dealing with institutions such as law, health care and news media. Chapter 15, Discourse and culture ... presentation of the material The material in this book has been organized to serve as a first introduction to discourse ...
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... presented as being of equal importance, but there are situations in which the maxim of quality is more important than the maxim of manner, and vice versa. Moreover, the crosscultural validity of the maxims is highly debatable (see ...
... presented as being of equal importance, but there are situations in which the maxim of quality is more important than the maxim of manner, and vice versa. Moreover, the crosscultural validity of the maxims is highly debatable (see ...
Contents
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5 Structured content | 101 |
6 Discourse connections | 125 |
10 Informative discourse | 233 |
11 Narratives | 253 |
12 Argumentation and persuasion | 267 |
Part IV Special interests | 285 |
13 Discourse and cognition | 287 |
14 Discourse and institution | 315 |
15 Discourse and culture | 345 |
Key to the questions | 369 |
7 Contextual phenomena | 151 |
8 Style and stylistics | 181 |
Part III Special modes of communication | 213 |
9 Conversation analysis | 215 |
References | 421 |
Index | 449 |
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analyzed anaphora answer approach argument aspects attitude basis behavior cataphora Chapter clauses cognitive coherence cohesion communication comprehension concept construction conversation conversation analysis conversational implicature cooperative principle Critical Discourse Analysis culture deixis discourse markers discourse relations discourse studies discourse topics discourse types discussion elements factors following example forensic linguistics formulation function genres given grammar hearer hypertext illocution illocutionary force implicature important indicate inference instance interaction interpretation John ken holland knowledge language lexical linguistic linked maxim meaning meronymy metaphor narrative norms noun Organon Organon model participants perlocution person perspective persuasion piece of discourse politeness possible pragmatic presented presupposition pronouns propositions question readers reading refers relevance result role rules Section semantic semiotics sender sentence situation social speaker specific speech act story strategies structure student style stylistic syntactic T-unit term textual theory tion utterance verb verbal words writing