Continuum Companion to Discourse Analysis

Continuum Companion to Discourse Analysis
Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2011-03-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441106952

Originally published as The Continuum Companion to Discourse Analysis, this book is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. This companion offers a comprehensive and accessible reference resource to research in contemporary discourse studies. In 21 chapters written by leading figures in the field, the volume provides readers with an authoritative overview of key terms, methods and current research topics and directions. It offers both a survey of current research and gives more practical guidance for advanced study in the area. The volume covers all the most important issues, concepts, movements and approaches in the field and features a glossary of key terms in the area of discourse analysis. It is the complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within discourse studies, applied linguistics, TESOL and the social sciences.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Discourse Analysis

The Bloomsbury Companion to Discourse Analysis
Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441160124

Originally published as The Continuum Companion to Discourse Analysis, this book is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. This companion offers a comprehensive and accessible reference resource to research in contemporary discourse studies. In 21 chapters written by leading figures in the field, the volume provides readers with an authoritative overview of key terms, methods and current research topics and directions. It offers both a survey of current research and gives more practical guidance for advanced study in the area. The volume covers all the most important issues, concepts, movements and approaches in the field and features a glossary of key terms in the area of discourse analysis. It is the complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within discourse studies, applied linguistics, TESOL and the social sciences.

Bloomsbury Companion to Systemic Functional Linguistics

Bloomsbury Companion to Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author: M.A.K. Halliday
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009-05-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441133178

The Continuum Companion to Systemic Functional Linguistics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students and researchers. The book includes: introduction to the field by M A K Halliday; comprehensive introduction to methodology and issues; definitions of key terms; outlines of research areas; guide to researching systemic functional linguistics; bibliography of key readings. Comprehensive and accessible, this Continuum Companion will be the essential guide for students and researchers of systemic functional linguistics.

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Author: Zoltan Dörnyei
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2007-07-19
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This is a comprehensive overview of research methodology in applied linguistics which describes the various stages of qualitative and quantitative investigations, from collecting the data to reporting the results.

Academic Discourse

Academic Discourse
Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441192042

Academic discourse is a rapidly growing area of study, attracting researchers and students from a diverse range of fields. This is partly due to the growing awareness that knowledge is socially constructed through language and partly because of the emerging dominance of English as the language of scholarship worldwide. Large numbers of students and researchers must now gain fluency in the conventions of English language academic discourses to understand their disciplines, establish their careers and to successfully navigate their learning. This accessible and readable book shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world, offering a clear description of the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. This unique genre-based introduction to academic discourse will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying TESOL, applied linguistics, and English for Academic Purposes.

Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Author: Brian Paltridge
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2010-04-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0826499252

The Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students. The book includes: * qualitative and quantitative methods * research techniques and approaches * ethical considerations * sample studies * a glossary of key terms * resources for students As well as covering a range of methodological issues it looks at numerous areas in depth, including researching gender and language, language and identity, pragmatics, vocabulary, and grammar. Comprehensive and accessible, this will be the essential guide to research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and language studies.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Discourse Analysis

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Discourse Analysis
Author: Ken Hyland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2021-07-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1350156094

An essential reference to contemporary discourse studies, this handbook offers a rigorous and systematic overview of the field, covering the key methods, research topics and new directions. Fully updated and revised throughout to take account of developments over the last decade, in particular the innovations in digital communication and new media, this second edition features: · New coverage of the discourse of media, multimedia, social media, politeness, ageing and English as lingua franca · Updated coverage across all chapters, including conversation analysis, spoken discourse, news discourse, intercultural communication, computer mediated communication and identity · An expanded glossary of key terms Identifying and describing the central concepts and theories associated with discourse and its main branches of study, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes a sustained and compelling argument concerning the nature and influence of discourse and is an essential resource for anyone interested in the field.

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis
Author: Deborah Schiffrin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 872
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0470751983

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significant contributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the central issues in contemporary discourse analysis. Features comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis. Offers an overview of how different disciplines approach the analysis of discourse. Provides analysis of a wide range of data, including political speeches, everyday conversation, and literary texts. Includes a varied range of theoretical models, such as relevance theory and systemic-functional linguistics; and methodology, including interpretive, statistical, and formal methodsFeatures comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis.

Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis
Author: Brian Paltridge
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441167625

A comprehensive, accessible introduction to discourse analysis - essential reading for students encountering the subject for the first time.

Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics

Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author: Suzanne Eggins
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780826457868

Introduction to systemic functional linguistics explores the social semiotic approach to language most closely associated with the work of Michael Halliday and his colleagues>