Synopses & Reviews
This is a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. It compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory.
The author not only considers each approach from several standpoints but she also illustrates them through extensive applications to a variety of concrete social and linguistic problems facing discourse analysts.
Review
"Deborah Schiffrin has written a rigorous yet accessible description and comparison of various approaches to the analysis of discourse." Pragmatics
Synopsis
Approaches to Discourseis a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics.
Synopsis
Shishir Gundavaram is the Chief Technology Officer for MechanicNet Group, a company that specializes in providing CRM services for the automotive repair and maintenance industry. When he is not dealing with auto mechanics and broken-down cars, Shishir consults for a number of companies, designing architecture and providing technical expertise. He has more than a decade of experience in various aspects of software development and is considered an expert in wireless applications, distributed systems, electronic commerce, and Web backend architecture. He is also the author of various articles and books, including Professional Perl Development, CGI Programming on the World Wide Web, and Scripting Languages: Automating the Web, and he is regularly invited to speak at technical conferences around the world.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-458) and index.
About the Author
Deborah Schiffrin is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is author of Discourse Markers (1987).
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments.
Part I: The Scope of Discourse Analysis.
1. Overview.
2. Definitions of Discourse.
Part II: Approaches to Discourse Analysis.
3. Speech Act Theory.
4. Interactional Sociolinguists.
5. The Ethnography of Communication.
6. Pragmatics.
7. Conversation Analysis.
8. Variation Analysis.
Part III: Conclusion.
9. Structure and Function.
10. Text and Context.
11. Discourse and Communication.
12. Conclusion: Language as Social Interaction.
Appendix 1: Collecting Data.
Appendix 2: Transcription Conventions.
Appendix 3: Sample Data.
Bibliography.
Index