Discourse analysis

About: Discourse analysis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 16055 publications have been published within this topic receiving 515384 citations. The topic is also known as: DA & discourse studies.

Discourse Analysis: An Introduction

Abstract: Chapter 1 The study discourse: discourse - the text-linguistic perspective text as a unit content, form and structure cohesion text, meaning and context the data of discourse analysis. Chapter 2 The modes of discourse: speech events and schemata genres or discourse types - spoken and written discourse modes the narrative mode the non-narrative mode defining characteristics of the two modes. Chapter 3 Discourse units and relations: narrative parts and plot units as thematic categories narrative sequence and hierarchy non-narrative units in sequence ideational acts intentional relations and arguments. Chapter 4 Discourse organization: discourse markers participant chains time chains lexical patterning I lexical patterning II sentence structure patterning the synergy of signals. Chapter 5 Structures and functions: evaluation and tellability in narrative strategies of involvement narrative performance summary non-narrative rhetorical patterns and functions evaluation in non-narrative discourse functions and generic structures. Chapter 6 Narrative and non-narrative in interaction: contexts of interaction between narrative and non-narrative non-patterned discourse the interaction of analyses units and structures functions and relations knowledge in discourse interdisciplinary affiliations and emerging paradigms towards an integration of discourse approaches.

Investigating Media Discourse

Abstract: Investigating Media Discourse explores spoken interactions in the media, drawing on contemporary sources from the English speaking world including chat shows, radio phone-ins and political interviews with leaders such as Tony Blair and George WBush The main theoretical framework used in this work is influenced by Goffman, where each media encounter is viewed as a three-way participation framework involving the broadcaster, interviewee and audience, all of whom shape the interaction The spoken media interactions are analysed from this viewpoint to illustrate how they are managed, how pseudo-relationships are established and maintained and how 'others' are created O'Keefe brings together methodologies of discourse analysis, conversation analysis and corpus linguistics allowing the media extracts to be explored from different perspectives whilst providing multiple insights Investigating Media Discourse will appeal to students and researchers of applied linguistics, english language and media Anne O'Keeffe is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland

Online Fan Fiction, Global Identities, and Imagination

Abstract: Based on longitudinal data from a three year ethnographic study, this article uses discourse analytic methods to explore the literacy and social practices of three adolescent English language learners writing in an online fan fiction community. Theoretical constructs within globalization and literacy studies are used to describe the influences of new media and technologies on modern configurations of imagination, identity, communication, and writing. Findings suggest that

Schooling and environmental/sustainability education: from discourses of policy and practice to discourses of professional learning

Abstract: The gap between policy rhetoric and school practices in environmental education has not only persisted but probably increased over the past twenty years, given the contested advent of education for sustainable development (ESD) as the dominant international policy discourse in this area, and an increased focus in schools on didactic teaching in traditional content areas resulting from narrowly defined accountability measures in many national educational policies. After examining changes and continuities in the discourse of environmental education/ESD and the policy contexts of schools over the past twenty years, this article argues for re‐conceptualising the rhetoric–practice gap such that practices in schools are not simply assessed in relation to policy discourse but policy discourse itself is re‐examined in relation to teachers’ practical theories and the contexts shaping their practices. Although the structures and norms of schooling continue to work against inquiry‐based action‐oriented environmental...