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Working with Discourse
Meaning Beyond the Clause
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This accessible text is ideal for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students new to discourse analysis and functional linguistics, requiring no prior knowledge.
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See moreAims to present an accessible set of analytic tools that can be used to explore how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. These techniques are introduced through analyses of spoken, written and visual texts that focus on truth and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa.
A second edition of the best-selling textbook Working with Discourse - revised and updated throughout
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This second edition of the best-selling textbook Working with Discourse has been revised and updated throughout. The book builds an accessible set of analytic tools that can be used to explore how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. These techniques are introduced in clear steps, through analyses of spoken, written and visual texts that focus on truth and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa.
The new edition includes a chapter on Negotiation, clear definitions of key terms, chapter summaries and revised suggestions for further reading.
Accessibly written and presupposing no prior knowledge of discourse or functional linguistics, this is the ideal textbook for students encountering discourse analysis for the first time at advanced undergraduate or postgraduate level.
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ISBN: 9780826488503
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 May 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 574g
Pages: 375
About the Author
J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. The Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics was opened by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2014. David Rose is Honorary Associate in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia and Director of Reading to Learn, an international literacy program. He has worked with First Nations communities and education programs for over forty years.
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