This work aims to address the needs of students in modular systems who may not have a background either in traditional literature or in linguistic theory. It uses the principles of linguistic analysis to investigate the use of language in literary (and non-literary) texts. The book shows how linguistic knowledge can enhance and enrich the analysis of texts.
This work aims to address the needs of students in modular systems who may not have a background either in traditional literature or in linguistic the...
This book aims to appraise sociolinguistic work devoted to the form and function of storytelling and to examine in detail the ways in which narrative constitutes a fundamental discursive resource across a range of contexts. The chapters presented here bring together some of the most recent work in the theory and practice of narrative analysis from a broad sociolinguistic perspective. They address some of the questions left implicit whenever stories are brought within the analytic frame of sociolinguistics: What exactly do we mean by 'story'?; what kind of social and contextual variations can...
This book aims to appraise sociolinguistic work devoted to the form and function of storytelling and to examine in detail the ways in which narrative ...
The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what ordinary people are doing on air what they say, and how and where they get to say it.
Using techniques of discourse analysis to explore the construction of participant identities in a range of different public participation genres, Joanna Thornborrow argues that the role of the ordinary person in these media environments is frequently anything but.
Tracing the development of discourses of public participation media, the book focusses particularly on the 1990s onwards when...
The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what ordinary people are doing on air what they say, and how and where t...
The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what ordinary people are doing on air what they say, and how and where they get to say it.
Using techniques of discourse analysis to explore the construction of participant identities in a range of different public participation genres, Joanna Thornborrow argues that the role of the ordinary person in these media environments is frequently anything but.
Tracing the development of discourses of public participation media, the book focusses particularly on the 1990s onwards when broadcasting was expanding rapidly: the...
The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what ordinary people are doing on air what they say, and how and where they get t...
Examines discourse, power and ideology, by introducing perspectives on the relationship between social structures of power and interaction. This work argues that if a clearer understanding of the relationship between language, discourse and social institutions is to be obtained, the linguistic processes must be examined closely.
Examines discourse, power and ideology, by introducing perspectives on the relationship between social structures of power and interaction. This work ...
