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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... Speech act theory 16 2.3.1 Types of speech acts and felicity conditions 2.3.2 Illocutions in discourse 18 2.4 The cooperative principle 21 2.5 Relevance theory 24 2.6 Politeness theory 28 2.7 Summary 34 Questions and assignments 36 ...
... Speech act theory 16 2.3.1 Types of speech acts and felicity conditions 2.3.2 Illocutions in discourse 18 2.4 The cooperative principle 21 2.5 Relevance theory 24 2.6 Politeness theory 28 2.7 Summary 34 Questions and assignments 36 ...
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... speech act theory, established in the 1950s and 1960s. Departing from the assumption that speakers “do things with words”, this philosophical theory identifies different types of verbal actions and discusses conditions for their ...
... speech act theory, established in the 1950s and 1960s. Departing from the assumption that speakers “do things with words”, this philosophical theory identifies different types of verbal actions and discusses conditions for their ...
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... their communicative acts. But what precisely are those communicative acts? The theory, called speech act theory, provides an answer to this question. 2.3 Speech act theory In speech act theory, language is Chapter 2. The pragmatic framework ...
... their communicative acts. But what precisely are those communicative acts? The theory, called speech act theory, provides an answer to this question. 2.3 Speech act theory In speech act theory, language is Chapter 2. The pragmatic framework ...
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New edition Jan Renkema, Christoph Schubert. 2.3 Speech act theory In speech act theory, language is seen as a form of acting. This theory stems from the school of philosophy that is called ordinary language philosophy. The proponents of ...
New edition Jan Renkema, Christoph Schubert. 2.3 Speech act theory In speech act theory, language is seen as a form of acting. This theory stems from the school of philosophy that is called ordinary language philosophy. The proponents of ...
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... act of producing an utterance. Second, there is the illocution, the act that is committed by producing an utterance ... speech act theory the illocution is the focus of attention. Language philosophers have tried to give an overview of ...
... act of producing an utterance. Second, there is the illocution, the act that is committed by producing an utterance ... speech act theory the illocution is the focus of attention. Language philosophers have tried to give an overview of ...
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