Discourse Analysis

by Barbara Johnstone

Revised and updated, this third edition of Barbara Johnstone’s Discourse Analysis encourages students to think about discourse analysis as an open-ended set of techniques. Exploring a variety of approaches, including critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, interactional and variationist sociolinguistics, ethnography, corpus linguistics, social semiotics, and other qualitative and quantitative methods, the book balances its comprehensive coverage with extensive practical examples, making it the ideal introductory text for students new to the subject. This new edition reflects the increased importance within the field of new media discourse, multi-modal discourse and the analysis of large corpora of discourse data. Updated material expands the discussion of stancetaking, whilst new material addresses recontextualization, precontextualization, and language and the body. Pedagogical features have been refreshed, including discussion questions, exercises, and ideas for small research projects, with suggested supplementary readings at the end of each chapter to encourage further discovery. The combination of breadth of coverage, practical examples, and student-friendly pedagogical features ensures Discourse Analysis remains the ideal textbook for students taking their first course in linguistic approaches to discourse.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language, Academic, Research, Teaching, Textbooks

290 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2001

Reviews

[Erin]

A really really really in-depth look at discourse analysis. The book includes numerous examples of discourse analysis. I read this book for a discourse analysis class where the professor would actually read entire pages out of the text. The professor thought this was the best book ever on the subject.

I would say that it is a bit too detailed and in-depth. The vast amount of information that was covered was a bit overwhelming.

[Kim]

Gag me with a flippin spoon. This book is wordy and difficult to follow without making any salient points. Far overpriced. It really wasn't worth a cent that I (begrudgingly) paid for it.

[KD]

This is a great introduction to discourse analysis designed for upper level undergraduates but also useful for graduate students in other disciplines who just want to get the lay of the land. It has good discussion questions sprinkled throughout each chapter, making it a useful textbook, lots of suggestions for further reading, and a useful glossary.

[Rima Muryantina]

How can I not love this book? This book is the first step for me to understand that linguistics could be applied in daily life. Each of single small activities/conversation/text in daily life. Mark that.
The examples written in this book are confusing and complex, but impressive.

[Erin]

So much good info! A thorough introduction to the foundations of discourse analysis.

[Suzie Albuflasa]

I personally believe that this book doesn’t work quite well for beginners. This is the book that was used in my first discourse analysis course and it was extremely confusing. It seemed almost as if it was meant to target people who probably had prior background and some information about DA. I did not like it one bit, the glossary was quite poor too i really really appreciate glossaries and this book was disappointing.

[Hatoon]

Wordy, scattered, and an absolute headache. There are millions of ways in which this book could have been written without being such a collection of perplexing, long-winded chunks of text.

[Wood Rodgers]

Reinvigorating it all

[Mahmoud]

Mainly on speech and conversation. I'm not satisfied.

[Matthew]

Great simple introduction to the subject that is up to date.

[Brhiana]

This book is so dry

[Seth Schellenberg]

Completed as part of WRTG 3890 - Rhetorical Methods & Theories at the U of U.

[Tory S. Anderson]

An excellent overview of discourse analysis and the ways in which Discourse Analysis surveys all the most interesting components of language, including rhetoric, power, style, purpose, and world-influence. It left me hungry for more.

[Selena Monticelli]

If you have ever had a rough time writing a paper, just read this book and you will be golden.

[Abdelmallek Alouane]

is an important book, it will help me in my researches university's researches

[Marasi]

discourse grammar