An introduction to discourse analysis / Malcolm Coulthard.

By:

Coulthard, Malcolm

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Applied linguistics and language studyPublication details: NY : Routledge, c1977, 1985.Edition: New edDescription: x, 216 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0582553792 (pbk.)
9781032031262
9780582553798 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Discourse analysis

DDC classification:

414.41 COU

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

Summary: 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.

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Bibliography: p. [195]-209 - Includes index.

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

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.

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