Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis

by Michael Meyer

This book provides a concise, comprehensible, and thoroughly up-to-date introduction to CDA, appropriate for both novice and experienced researchers. This new edition has been updated throughout, with a new introduction contextualizing the development of the CDA approach, and two entirely new chapters on the ‘social actor approach’ to CDA and the use of quantitative corpus linguistic methods. The editors have brought together contributions from leading experts in the field, who each introduce their own approaches to CDA. Examples are included throughout, demonstrating the value of the method in analyzing a variety of genres of written material on a whole range of topics, including global warming, leadership in management, and globalization.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, School

216 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

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Michael Meyer has taught writing and literature courses for more than thirty years—since 1981 at the University of Connecticut and before that at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the College of William and Mary. In addition to being an experienced teacher, Meyer is a highly regarded literary scholar. His scholarly articles have appeared in distinguished journals such as American Literature, Studies in the American Renaissance, and Virginia Quarterly Review. An internationally recognized authority on Henry David Thoreau, Meyer is a former president of the Thoreau Society and coauthor (with Walter Harding) of The New Thoreau Handbook, a standard reference source. The American Studies Association awarded his first book, Several More Lives to Live: Thoreau’s Political Reputation in America, the Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize. . He is also the editor of Frederick Douglass: The Narrative and Selected Writings. He has lectured on a variety of American literary topics from Cambridge University to Peking University. His books for Bedford/St. Martin's include The Bedford Introduction to Literature; The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature; Literature to Go; Poetry: An Introduction; and Thinking and Writing about Literature.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am reading this for my PhD level Discourse Analysis class. So far, I am not a fan of this book. It is written at a very high academic level that makes it hard to understand the meaning of the words. Well, finished the book. Some chapters are more readable than others. Still, I would not recommend it for people that just want some basic understanding of Critical Discourse Analysis methods. I certainly did not enjoy my time spent reading it and found myself really confused. Good times in grad. school.

[Niral]

Admirable for its attempt to offer a bird's eye view of a field notorious for its opacity and jargon. Some chapters are more accessible than others for beginners, but it's a helpful resource for at least getting the lay of the land.

[Callum · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm being generous.

[terka]

I've read this twice, but only because my first read in 2015 was more of a skimming.

[أحمد الدين]

حد عنده نسخة من الكتاب سواء مستعملة أو ديجيتال؟