Discourse as Structure and Process Discourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introduction Volume 1

• Other Authors: Teun A. van Dijk (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London SAGE Publications Ltd 1998
• Series: Discourse studies Volume 1
• Subjects: Discourse analysis; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Discourse analysis, Literary; Social interaction
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• Item Description: Koleksi Wakaf: Prof. Datin Dr. Hajah Hajibah Haji Osman; Whether in informal, everyday conversations or professional dialogues, people do many things while they are speaking or writing. This volume focuses on the fundamental functions of text and talk: interactional, social, political and cultural.
• Physical Description: xii, 356 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780803978454

What are the structures of discourse and what are the functions of these structures in the communicative context? This volume explains how and why discourse is organized at various levels. The multidisciplinary contributions illustrate that discourse analysis goes far beyond the linguistic answer of designing grammars and goes hand in hand with the study of their uses and functions in the social context. Comprehensive and accessible, the volume covers a huge variety of discourse genres, including written and spoken, and storytelling and argumentation. The chapters also illustrate the necessity to examine the mental processes of the language users: How do people go about producing, understanding and remembering text or talk?