An Introduction to Discourse Analysis - James Paul Gee

Discourse analysis considers how language both spoken and written enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics An Introduction to Discourse Analysis examines the field and presents James Paul Gee's unique integrated approach which incorporates both a theory of language-in-use and a method of research. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis can be used as a stand-alone textbook or ideally used in conjunction with the practical companion title How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit. Together they provide the complete resource for students studying discourse analysis. Updated throughout the fourth edition of this seminal textbook also includes two new chapters: `What is Discourse?' to further understanding of the topic as well as a new concluding section. A new companion website www.routledge.com/cw/gee features a frequently asked questions section additional tasks to support understanding a glossary and free access to journal articles by James Paul Gee. Clearly structured and written in a highly accessible style An Introduction to Discourse Analysis includes perspectives from a variety of approaches and disciplines including applied linguistics education psychology anthropology and communication to help students and scholars from a range of backgrounds to formulate their own views on discourse and engage in their own discourse analysis. This is an essential textbook for all advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of discourse analysis.

TITLE: An Introduction to Discourse Analysis

AUTHOR: James Paul Gee

SKU: 9780415725569

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 24/01/2014

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 248

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 159 mm x 235 mm

WEIGHT: 363 gr