Discourse Studies Reader: Essential Excerpts (Bloomsbury Discourse)

Discourse Studies Reader: Essential Excerpts (Bloomsbury Discourse)

by Ken Hyland (Author)

Synopsis

Since 2005, the Continuum Discourse series, under the editorship of Professor Ken Hyland, has published some of the most cutting-edge work in the field of discourse analysis.This edited collection offers a showcase of the work produced by its authors and reads as fully-functional book in its own right. The work of Paul Baker, Frances Christie and Greg Myers features, amongst others. With an introduction by Professor Hyland, the chapters are organized thematically to provide a look a research methods, examine at the various types of institutional discourses covered by the series, and finally, a look to arguably the future of the field - electronic discourses in an electronic medium, for example Twitter, SMS and Blogs. This is an essential purchase for those involved in discourse analysis in any capacity.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 360
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 25 Apr 2013

ISBN 10: 1441179828
ISBN 13: 9781441179821
Book Overview: Illustrates scope and focus of discourse analysis through a selection of chapters from current titles in the Continuum Discourse Series.

Media Reviews
[T]he book is nicely presented and the variety of discourses studied is definitely engaging as well as informative for the reader. * New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics *
Author Bio
Ken Hyland is Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Applied English Studies, University of Hong Kong.