Description
Product ID: | 9780415725583 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | How to do Discourse Analysis |
Subtitle: | A Toolkit |
Authors: | Author: James Paul Gee |
Page Count: | 216 |
Subjects: | Bilingualism and multilingualism, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literature: history and criticism, Language teaching theory and methods, Philosophy and theory of education, Discourse analysis, Literature: history & criticism, Applied linguistics for ELT, Philosophy & theory of education |
Description: | Select Guide Rating How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit is the essential guide to doing discourse analysis, from James Paul Gee, bestselling author of An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method. This second edition includes new examples, especially from digital media, a more user-friendly and accessible layout and a companion website. This bestselling textbook is the ideal companion to An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, by leading author, James Paul Gee. Using a practical how-to approach, Gee provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis, with engaging step-by-step tasks featured throughout the book. Each tool is clearly explained, along with guidance on how to use it, and authentic data is provided for readers to practice using the tools. Readers from all fields will gain both a practical and theoretical background in how to do discourse analysis and knowledge of discourse analysis as a distinctive research methodology. Updated throughout, this second edition also includes a new tool- ‘The Big C Conversation Tool’. A new companion website www.routledge.com/cw/gee features a frequently asked questions section, additional tasks to support understanding, a glossary and free access to journal articles by James Paul Gee. How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit is an essential book for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students working in the areas of applied linguistics, education, psychology, anthropology and communication. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-01-27 |