Brian Paltridge Libros

First edition published by Routledge 2007--T.p. verso.

Discourse Analysis: An Introduction is a comprehensive, accessible introduction to discourse analysis. In a series of nine chapters the book examines different approaches to discourse, looking at discourse and society, discourse and pragmatics, discourse and genre, discourse and conversation, discourse grammar, corpus-based approaches to discourse and critical discourse analysis. The final chapter presents a practical approach to doing discourse analysis. The book includes the following features:· Chapter summaries outlining the key areas covered.· Examples drawn from films, television, newspapers, the classroom and everyday life· Explanations of technical terms in each chapter· Tasks at the end of each chapter· Suggestions for further readingThis engagingly written, comprehensive introduction to discourse analysis is essential for students encountering discourse analysis for the first time, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It should be on every reading list.

Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this <i>Handbook</i> surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). - Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP - Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars - Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English - Considers perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnography