Bloomsbury Academic Discourse Analysis: An Introduction (Bloomsbury Discourse)

This book presents the essential approaches that you need to know when you start doing discourse analysis for the first time. Over 11 chapters, Discourse Analysis: An Introduction outlines the core methodological and theoretical premises, tracing their development and discussing the most recent trends. Providing you with an essential discourse analytic toolkit, each chapter explores a different approach from a wide variety of global perspectives, looking at discourse and society, discourse and pragmatics, discourse and genre, discourse and conversation, discourse grammar, corpus approaches, multimodal discourse and critical discourse analysis. Now fully revised and updated to take account of recent developments, this third edition includes: - A new chapter on discourse and digital media - New topics, including English as a lingua franca, linguistic landscapes and translanguaging - Updated examples drawn from a variety of global perspectives and contexts, ranging from North America to East Asia - Brand new discussion questions throughout With each chapter supplemented with exercises, discussion questions and lists of further reading, along with a comprehensive companion website featuring lecture slides, extended readings and enhanced bibliographies, this is the only book you need for discourse analysis. Review An outstanding textbook that introduces students to a wide range of topics in discourse analysis. Written in a highly accessible style, it provides crystal clear explanations along with a wealth of fascinating examples of different discourse genres originating from diverse global contexts.Camilla Vásquez, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of South Florida, USAOver the last decade, my students have praised Paltridge's Discourse Analysis for being a very clear, engaging, and enjoyable read. The third edition of this seminal textbook embraces latest theoretical developments in the conceptualisation and study of language in context, providing clear and recent examples of how discourse shapes our world.Maria Kuteeva, Professor of English Linguistics, Stockholm University, SwedenThe book finds a good balance between theoretical and applied issues in discourse analysis. Each chapter thoroughly explores methodological and theoretical premises of discourse analytic approaches, tracing their evolution and developments, and giving priority to the current trends...The book's strength lies particularly in its ability to establish connections between discursive concepts and first and second language teaching environments...it is recommendable both for students and teachers encountering discourse analysis for the first time.Journal of Sociolinguistics (of the previous edition) About the Author Brian Paltridge is Visiting Professor in the English Department at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia.