An Introduction to Discourse Analysis / Edition 2

by Margaret Coulthard

Overview

The central concern of this book is the analysis of verbal interaction or discourse. This first six chapters report and evaluate major theoretical advances in the description of discourse. The final chapters demonstrate how the findings of discourse analysis can be used to investigate second-language teaching and first-language acquisition and to analyse literary texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582553798
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/1985
Series:	Applied Linguistics and Language Study
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Malcolm Coulthard

Table of Contents

Preface
Author's preface1. Introduction
2. Speech acts and conversational maxims
3. The ethnography of speaking
4. Conversational analysis
5. Intonation
6. A linguistic approach
7. Discourse analysis and language teaching
8. The acquisition of discourse
9. The analysis of literary discourse
Further reading
Bibliography
Index