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Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Ser.: Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown and George Yule (1983, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521284759
ISBN-139780521284752
eBay Product ID (ePID)406232
Product Key Features
Number of Pages302 Pages
Publication NameDiscourse Analysis
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLinguistics / Semantics, Anthropology / General
Publication Year1983
TypeTextbook
AuthorGillian Brown, George Yule
Subject AreaSocial Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesCambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN82-023571
Dewey Edition21
Reviews'This book makes for absorbing reading. It is very well-written, inspiring and clear. It is indispensable literature for anyone working in the field of discourse analysis.' Journal of Semantics
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal401.4/1
Table Of ContentPreface; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1. Introduction: linguistic forms and functions; 2. The role of context in interpretation; 3. Topic and the representation of discourse content; 4. 'Staging' and the representation of discourse structure; 5. Information structure; 6. The nature of reference in text and in discourse; 7. Coherence in the interpretation of discourse; References; Subject index; Author index.
SynopsisIn 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberP302 .B76 1983
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