Publisher Description

An essential reference to contemporary discourse studies, this handbook offers a rigorous and systematic overview of the field, covering the key methods, research topics and new directions. Fully updated and revised throughout to take account of developments over the last decade, in particular the innovations in digital communication and new media, this second edition features:· New coverage of the discourse of media, multimedia, social media, politeness, ageing and English as lingua franca· Updated coverage across all chapters, including conversation analysis, spoken discourse, news discourse, intercultural communication, computer mediated communication and identity· An expanded glossary of key termsIdentifying and describing the central concepts and theories associated with discourse and its main branches of study, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes a sustained and compelling argument concerning the nature and influence of discourse and is an essential resource for anyone interested in the field.

Author Biography

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.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.Lillian Wong is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

1. IntroductionPart I: Approaches2. Data Collection and Transcription in Discourse Analysis, Rodney Jones (University of Reading, UK)3. Conversation Analysis, Hansun Zhang Waring (Columbia University, USA) 4. Critical Discourse Analysis, Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University, UK)5. Genre Analysis, Christine Tardy (University of Arizona, USA)6. Narrative Analysis, Mike Baynham (University of Leeds, UK) 7. Systemic Functional Linguistics, J. R. Martin (University of Sydney, Australia)8. Corpus Approaches to the Study of Discourse, Bethany Gray (Iowa State University, USA) and Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University, USA)Part II: Areas of Research 9. Spoken Discourse, Rebecca Hughes (University of Nottingham, UK)10. Academic Discourse, Ken Hyland (University of East Anglia, UK)11. Researching Workplace Discourse, Janet Holmes (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)12. News Discourse, Roberta Facchinetti (University of Verona, Italy)13. Discourse and Intercultural Communication, Helen Spencer-Oatey (University of Warwick, UK) and Carolin Debray (University of Warwick, UK)14. Discourse and Gender, Paul Baker (Lancaster University, UK)15. Discourse and Race, Angel Lin (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Ryuko Kubota (University of British Columbia, Canada)16. Classroom Discourse, Steve Walsh (Newcastle University, UK)17. Discourse and Politeness, Michael Haugh (University of Queensland, Australia)Part III: Directions18. Discourse Analysis and Ethnography, Dwight Atkinson (University of Arizona, USA), Hanako Okada (Sophia University, Japan) and Steven Talmy (University of British Columbia, Canada) 19. Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Kay O'Halloran (University of Liverpool, UK)20. Discourse and English as a Lingua Franca, Barbara Seidlhofer (University of Vienna, Austria)21. Discourse and Computer-Mediated Communication, Christoph Hafner (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)22. Discourse and Social Media, Michele Zappavigna (University of New South Wales, Australia)23. Discourse and Identity, Lisa Mcentee-Atalianis (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)24. Medical Discourse, Timothy Halkowski (University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, USA)25. Forensic Discourse Analysis, John Olsson (Bangor University, UK)26. Discourse and Aging, Virpi Ylanne (Cardiff University, UK)GlossaryIndex

Review

This new edition is excellent, and will prove to be highly attractive to a range of readers. For undergraduate and postgraduate students of discourse analysis it offers breadth and accessibility of methods and key areas, and for more experienced researchers the volume is significant because of the thorough engagement with new directions in the field. * Michael Handford, Professor of Applied Linguistics and English Language, Cardiff University, UK *
This handbook is a must-have for all who are interested in discourse analysis in its varied forms. Established figures are joined by exciting leading-edge scholars to survey approaches, to discourse analysis, areas of work, and new directions. It will be invaluable in both research and teaching. * Jonathan Potter, Dean of School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA *
This book offers a diverse set of applications of discourse analysis in a wide variety of fields. Readers are guided through introductory concepts, sample studies and meaningful directions if they intend to pursue work in the area. * Paolo Niño Valdez, Associate Professor, De La Salle University, The Philippines *
A comprehensive and authoritative reference resource... One of the book's outstanding features is the transparency of connections between the writings of various authors, which serves to fuse the collection into a coherent whole (of the first edition). -- Discourse Studies
An invaluable reference for researchers interested in discourse analysis. The chapters are not only carefully chosen and accurately organized, but they are also written by experienced scholars... Truly the best 'companion' to discourse analysts of all backgrounds (of the first edition). -- Linguist List
Anyone interested in discourse analysis of any kind should purchase this work as a reference (of the first edition). -- Exegetical Tools Quarterly

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