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The Basics
Discourse: The Basics
Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political speech, advertising and newspaper articles to address key questions such
What is discourse?
Why are there different approaches to understanding discourse?
How are individual interactions connected with the larger discourses that frame our ways of thinking and behaving?
How can discourse be analysed and researched?
The Basics includes subject summaries, a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading. It will be of particular relevance to students of language and the social sciences but also useful to all students who are interested in how meanings are made.
What is discourse?
Why are there different approaches to understanding discourse?
How are individual interactions connected with the larger discourses that frame our ways of thinking and behaving?
How can discourse be analysed and researched?
The Basics includes subject summaries, a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading. It will be of particular relevance to students of language and the social sciences but also useful to all students who are interested in how meanings are made.
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228 pages, ebook
Published May 18, 2017
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January 10, 2025
Read it in Persian (translated by F. Aghagolzadeh)
This book is supposed to be an introductory book about discourse, but fails to establish the definitions for it and tries to explain the topic by making examples and describing the aspects of it, which it did very well. Even though the topic is new but even after reading the book I failed to answer the question "What is discourse?"
However this book helped me make a new perspective towards the other texts and media by trying to understand their "discourse."
This book is supposed to be an introductory book about discourse, but fails to establish the definitions for it and tries to explain the topic by making examples and describing the aspects of it, which it did very well. Even though the topic is new but even after reading the book I failed to answer the question "What is discourse?"
However this book helped me make a new perspective towards the other texts and media by trying to understand their "discourse."
April 3, 2021
This is an introductory text, a primer. Anyone coming to discourse analysis finds that they inevitably end up here from investigations into sociology, politics, culture, or linguistics. Discourse analysis is still a relatively nascent field. There is much opportunity for original analysis of speech or text for the perceptive researcher that has a sensitivity to nuance. Though this is but a primer, the author actually gives tips on doing research in the last chapter. Because you are swimming in language you can easily lose your place or lose a finding. A very enjoyable introduction to the subject.
June 17, 2022
A well positioned and informative text on a broad topic. It is uniformly well pitched, in clever conversation with wider research: pointing the reader towards it with a taste, rather than merely repeating it.
A lot of this is very insightful and it is all very well contextualised.
A lot of this is very insightful and it is all very well contextualised.
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