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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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 o...

Table of Contents:

• The Study of Discourse - Teun A van Dijk The Story of Discourse Analysis - Robert de Beaugrande Discourse Semantics - Russell Tomlin et al Discourse and Grammar - Susanna Cumming and Tsuyoshi Ono Discourse Styles - Barbara Sandig and Margret Selting Rhetoric - Ann Gill and Karen Whedbee Narrative - Elinor Ochs Argumentation - Frans van Eemeren et al Genres and Registers of Discourse - Jim Martin and Suzanne Eggins Discourse Semiotics - Gunther Kress, Regina Leite-Garcia and Theo van Leeuwen Cognition - Arthur Graesser, Morton Gernsbacher and Susan Goldman Social Cognition and Discourse - Susan Condor and Charles Antaki