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LINGUIST List 16.1877

Thu Jun 16 2005

Books: Discourse Analysis/Pragmatics/English: Firth

Editor for this issue: Tetyana Sydorenko <tanyalinguistlist.org>

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        1.    Lyndsay MacAulay, Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction: Firth
Message 1: Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction: Firth
Date: 25-Jan-2005
From: Lyndsay MacAulay <lyndsay.macaulayhodder.co.uk>
Subject: Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction: Firth


Title: Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction
Subtitle: An Introduction
Published: 2005
Publisher: Hodder Arnold
                http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk

Book URL: http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/index.asp?url=booksearch.asp

Author: Alan Firth, Aalborg University
Paperback: ISBN: 0340741848 Pages: c.320 Price: U.K. £ 16.99
Abstract:

'Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction' is an indispensable guide to a
burgeoning and fascinating field of study. In twenty-two concise and highly
readable chapters, Alan Firth outlines the key concepts, dominant
approaches and major findings in spoken interaction research over the last
four decades. Rather than being tied to a particular approach or paradigm,
the book offers a comprehensive and inclusive overview, where emphasis is
placed on describing the interactional and contextual nature of spoken
discourse in a variety of contexts and social encounters. Topics covered
include beginnings, endings, approaches, context, culture and ethnicity,
data and transcription, analysis, identity, power, gender, narrative,
miscommunication, humour, institutional interaction, grammar and coherence,
argument, and embodied discourse. This book will be essential reading for
students of linguistics, sociology, communication and media studies,
psychology, and anthropology.

The book includes discussion questions for each chapter, suggestions for
further reading, and a glossary of key terms.

Contents:
Spoken discourse and social interaction
Spoken discourse and structure
Context
Coherence and cohesion
Understanding and interpretation
Embodied discourse
Strategy
Casual conversation
Institutional discourse
Analysing spoken discourse
Conclusions and implications

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                            Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): English (ENG)

Written In: English (ENG )

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http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=13161


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Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org
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Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/
Elsevier Ltd. http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics
Equinox Publishing Ltd. http://www.equinoxpub.com/
Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu
Hodder Arnold http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk
John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates http://www.erlbaum.com/
Lincom GmbH www.lincom.at
MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/
Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com
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Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/
Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/
Springer-Verlag http://www.springeronline.com

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International Pragmatics Assoc. http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/
Kingston Press Ltd http://www.kingstonpress.com/
MIT Working Papers in Linguistics http://web.mit.edu/mitwpl/
Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/
Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com
SIL International http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp
St. Jerome Publishing Ltd. http://www.stjerome.co.uk
Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/

 





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