Advances in Spoken Discourse Analysis
Advances in Spoken Discourse Analysis

Author: Malcolm Coulthard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134918925

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This collection reviews 20 years of research into Spoken Discourse by the Birmingham group, allowing, for the first time, a developmental perspective. It combines previously published but unavailable work with new research. Bringing together recent theories of discourse structure, with a new and detailed analytic framework, the book emphasises both historical context and new developments. The articles are comprehensive, ranging from the theoretical to the highly applied. Practical applications include language teaching, literary stylistics and forensic linguistics with examples taken from literature and language classrooms, telephone conversations, disputed witness statements and corpuses of spoken English.

Advances in Written Text Analysis
Advances in Written Text Analysis

Author: Malcolm Coulthard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1134867204

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This work provides an overview of approaches to written text analysis, including both classic and commissioned papers which share a common linguistic framework. The examples used range from pure science, social science and periodicals to literary narratives.

Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis
Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis

Author: Maurizio Gotti

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9783039111855

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The focus of this volume is on medical discourse, a domain of language which deserves closer scrutiny by academics as well as practitioners, due to its increasing relevance and pervasiveness in modern society. Despite the wealth of publications dealing with specialized or academic discourse and its rhetoric, few of these are devoted specifically to medical discourse. This book seeks to redress the balance by bringing together a number of studies that bear witness to the widespread interest in medical texts shown by linguists and professional communities around the world. The volume is divided into two main parts: the first targets medical discourse in its spoken dimension, while the second contains various analyses of written texts. The theoretical perspectives and individual case studies presented here reflect the wide range of methodological approaches and theoretical issues that characterise current research in the field.

Advances in Discourse Studies
Advances in Discourse Studies

Author: Vijay Bhatia

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-03-10

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1134151314

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Methods of approaching the study of discourse have developed rapidly in the last ten years, influenced by a growing interdisciplinary spirit among linguistics and anthropology, sociology, cognitive and cultural psychology and cultural studies, as well as among established sub-fields within linguistics itself. Among the more recent developments are an increasing ‘critical’ turn in discourse analysis, a growing interest in historical, ethnographic and corpus-based approaches to discourse, more concern with the social contexts in which discourse occurs, the social actions that it is used to take and the identities that are constructed through it, as well as a revaluation of what counts as ‘discourse’ to include multi-modal texts and interaction. Advances in Discourse Studies brings together contributions from leading scholars in the field, investigating the historical and theoretical relationships between new advances in discourse studies and pointing towards new directions for the future of the discipline. Featuring discussion questions, classroom projects and recommended readings at the end of each section, as well as case studies illustrating each approach discussed, this is an invaluable resource for students of interdisciplinary discourse analysis.

Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis
Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis

Author: Robin Wooffitt

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005-04-23

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780761974260

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Demonstrating how the methods and findings of conversation and discourse analysis may inform the development of empirical research questions, this text offers clear comparisons between the two approaches, as well as offering a positioned argument.

Applied Conversation Analysis
Applied Conversation Analysis

Author: C. Antaki

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0230316875

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Much of everyday work is done through talk between practitioner and client. Conversation Analysis is the close inspection of people's use of language in interaction. The work reported in this collection shows how CA can be used to identify, and improve, communicative practices at work.

An Introduction to Discourse Analysis
An Introduction to Discourse Analysis

Author: Malcolm Coulthard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1317869206

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The central concern of this book is the analysis of verbal interaction or discourse. This first six chapters report and evaluate major theoretical advances in the description of discourse. The final chapters demonstrate how the findings of discourse analysis can be used to investigate second-language teaching and first-language acquisition and to analyse literary texts.

Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis

Author: Paul Baker

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-08-24

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1350083771

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How can you carry out discourse analysis using corpus linguistics? What research questions should I ask? Which methods should you use and when? What is a collocational network or a key cluster? Introducing the major techniques, methods and tools for corpus-assisted analysis of discourse, this book answers these questions and more, showing readers how to best use corpora in their analyses of discourse. Using carefully tailored case studies, each chapter is devoted to a central technique, including frequency, concordancing and keywords, going step by step through the process of applying different analytical procedures. Introducing a wide range of different corpora, from holiday brochures to political debates, the book considers the key debates and latest advances in the field. Fully revised and updated, this new edition includes: - A new chapter on how to conduct research projects in corpus-based discourse analysis - Completely rewritten chapters on collocation and advanced techniques, using a corpus of jihadist propaganda texts and covering topics such as social media and visual analysis - Coverage of major tools, including CQPweb, AntConc, Sketch Engine and #LancsBox - Discussion of newer techniques including the derivation of lockwords and the comparison of multiple data sets for diachronic analysis With exercises, discussion questions and suggested further readings in each chapter, this book is an excellent guide to using corpus linguistics techniques to carry out discourse analysis.

Applied Conversation Analysis
Applied Conversation Analysis

Author: Jessica N. Lester

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2018-04-26

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1506351271

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Focusing on applied conversation analysis (CA), this timely book offers practical insights and guidelines for CA scholars studying social interactions in institutional settings. Written in an accessible style and packed with case studies, examples, activities, and practical tips, the book takes readers through the entire process of planning and carrying out an applied CA research study. By highlighting challenges, debates, and important questions, each chapter provides the theoretical foundation necessary for making informed decisions at every stage of a research project. The book is divided into three sections (context and planning, doing a project using conversation analysis, and disseminating your research) to mirror the research process.

Working with Spoken Discourse
Working with Spoken Discourse

Author: Deborah Cameron

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001-05-25

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780761957737

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Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and how to apply them to real data.