Discourse as Social Interaction (Discourse Studies - A Multidisciplinary Introduction , Vol 2) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803978472 ISBN 13: 9780803978478

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997

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How do people engage in and competently manage discourse and interaction with others? Whether in informal, everyday conversations or professional dialogues, people do things while they are speaking or writing.

Focusing on the fundamental interactional, social, political and cultural functions of text and talk, this comprehensive volume shows that discourse is not merely form and meaning but also action. This social dimension of discourse is further highlighted by examining the role of social identity and group membership, such as those based on gender, 'race' and ethnicity: How do members of various groups typically speak among each other and how do they communicate with people of other groups or cultures? What is th

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Teun A van Dijk is Professor of Discourse Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Following his work in literary studies, text grammar and the psychology of text comprehension, his resesarch in the 1980s focused on the study of news in the press and the reproduction of racism through various types of discourse. In each of these domains, he has published several books. His present research in `critical′ discourse studies focuses on the relations among power, discourse and ideology. He is founder editor of the international journals TEXT and Discourse & Society, and editor of the four-volume Handbook of Discourse Analysis. He has lectured widely in Europe and North and South America, and was visiting professor at several universities in Latin America.

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Shoshana Blum-Kulka Hebrew University

Paul Drew University of York

Norman Fairclough University of Lancaster

Cliff Goddard University of New England Australia

Britt-Louise Gunnarsson Uppsala University

Michelle Lazar University of Lancaster

Marja-Leena Sorjonen University of Helsinki

Anna Wierzbicka Australian National University

Ruth Wodak Universitat Wien

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803978472
• ISBN 13: 9780803978478
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 338
• Herausgeber: Dijk Teun Adrianus Van
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