Understanding Discourse Analysis

<p><em>Understanding Discourse Analysis</em> provides students with an accessible and well-illustrated introduction to discourse analysis. Explaining the main terminology and frameworks and presenting key findings of discourse studies this book:</p><ul> <li>Explores the development of discourse analysis</li> <li>Covers four key approaches to analysing discourse</li> <li>Uses authentic spoken or written texts in all examples</li> <li>Features data from the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project database</li> <li>Includes examples from a wide range of languages from around the world such as Chilean Spanish Korean and Serbo-Croatian</li> </ul><p>Written by an active researcher this textbook is a fascinating and engaging introduction to discourse analysis and is ideal for students studying this topic for the first time.</p>