Featuring structured and practical advice on analyzing language in research across the social sciences, this text addresses a wide variety of topics, providing clear examples and guidance to aid teaching and learning.
In Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse, Frans H. van Eemeren brings together the dialectical and the rhetorical dimensions of argumentation by introducing the concept of strategic maneuvering. Strategic maneuvering refers to the arguer's continual efforts to reconci…
Working with Spoken Discourse
"This book explores how language is shaped by the nature of human cognition and social-cultural activity, by studying how language is used in context in interactions between at least two people in order to achieve some purpose. It brings together perspectives from cognitive ling…
Provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis. This book offers a practical and theoretical background in how to do discourse analysis and knowledge of discourse analysis as a research methodology. It is suitable for students across a range of subjects, including …
"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 appro…
Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the author presents both a theory of language in-use & a method of research. This new edition has been completely revised with substantial new material & fully updated references.