Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text

by Dr . Linda A . Wood (Author), Dr . Rolf O . Kroger (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2000

  $201.00

  This textbook provides both the practical steps for doing discourse analysis and the theoretical justifications for those steps. The book presents examples of actual discourse analyses, covers data collection methods and strategies for data analysis, and addresses issues of reliability and validity.

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $118.87

  Providing both the practical steps for doing discourse analysis and the theoretical justifications for those steps, this book shows students how the social world revolves around talk and text. The authors draw on conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics and the discursive approach developed in social psychology. The book present actual examples, covers data collection methods and strategies for data analysis, and addresses issues of reliability and validity.