LINGUIST List 13.1747

Thu Jun 20 2002

Books: Analyzing Discourse, R.Dooley & S.H.Levinsohn

Editor for this issue: Dina Kapetangianni <dinalinguistlist.org>

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1. academic_bookstore, Analyzing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts by R.Dooley & S.H. Levinsohn

Title: Analyzing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts
			
Publication Year: 2001
			
Publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics 
 http://www.sil.org/acpub/catalog/
			
 
Author: Robert Dooley 
Author: Stephen H. Levinsohn 
				

Paperback: ISBN: 1556711158, Pages: 172, Price: $19.00

			
Abstract:

Analyzing Discourse is an introduction to discourse analysis for
linguistic field workers. It is practical, addressing issues commonly
confronted by field linguists. Rather than applying a rigid theory or
surveying a variety of approaches, it provides a methodology that has
been refined over years of use. The material follows a functional and
cognitive approach that seems to be a good approximation of how
discourse is actually produced and understood.

Since the aim of the manual is introductory rather than
comprehensive, most chapters are relatively short, and the whole can
be covered in fifteen classroom hours. References are provided for
further reading on the topics discussed. The manual can be used
individually or in group sessions, such as in a formal course or a
linguistic seminar. In a group setting, concepts can be illustrated by
examining further texts than those provided in the manual.

Stephen H. Levinsohn, Ph.D., worked with the Inga (Quechuan) people of
Colombia from 1968 to 1997 in linguistic research and translation. He
is presently an International Linguistics Consultant with SIL
International.

Robert A. Dooley, Ph.D., has worked with the Mbya Guarani of southern
Brazil since 1975. He served as director of the Summer Institute of
Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, from 1988 to 1993.

Lingfield(s): Discourse Analysis, Text/Corpus Linguistics,
			
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)