Discourse Analysis

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown, George Yule, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Gillian Brown, George Yule ISBN: 9781107712973
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: July 28, 1983
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Gillian Brown, George Yule
ISBN: 9781107712973
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: July 28, 1983
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Discourse analysis is a term that has come to have different interpretations for scholars working in different disciplines. For a sociolinguist, it is concerned mainly with the structure of social interaction manifested in conversation; for a psycholinguist, it is primarily concerned with the nature of comprehension of short written texts; for the computational linguist, it is concerned with producing operational models of text-understanding within highly limited contexts. In this textbook, first published in 1983, the authors provide an extensive overview of the many and diverse approaches to the study of discourse, but base their own approach centrally on the discipline which, to varying degrees, is common to them all - linguistics. Using a methodology which has much in common with descriptive linguistics, they offer a lucid and wide-ranging account of how forms of language are used in communication. Their principal concern is to examine how any language produced by man, whether spoken or written, is used to communicate for a purpose in a context.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Discourse analysis is a term that has come to have different interpretations for scholars working in different disciplines. For a sociolinguist, it is concerned mainly with the structure of social interaction manifested in conversation; for a psycholinguist, it is primarily concerned with the nature of comprehension of short written texts; for the computational linguist, it is concerned with producing operational models of text-understanding within highly limited contexts. In this textbook, first published in 1983, the authors provide an extensive overview of the many and diverse approaches to the study of discourse, but base their own approach centrally on the discipline which, to varying degrees, is common to them all - linguistics. Using a methodology which has much in common with descriptive linguistics, they offer a lucid and wide-ranging account of how forms of language are used in communication. Their principal concern is to examine how any language produced by man, whether spoken or written, is used to communicate for a purpose in a context.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book European Public Spheres by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Evolution and Victorian Culture by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Governance Entrepreneurs by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Introduction to Research Methodology for Specialists and Trainees by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Reasonable Disagreement by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Mobilising the Diaspora by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Urbanization and English Romantic Poetry by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book When Should State Secrets Stay Secret? by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Paradise in Antiquity by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Managing Myeloproliferative Neoplasms by Gillian Brown, George Yule
Cover of the book Varieties of Musical Irony by Gillian Brown, George Yule
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy