French Discourse Analysis - The Method of Post-Structuralism

In this book, Glyn Williams presents an account of the emergence and development of French Discourse Analysis and the contribution which both sociology and linguistics make to the social construction of meaning.

List of contents

Introduction 1 Modernism and the philosophy of language 2 Structuralism 3 Post-structuralism 4 Materialism and Discourse 5 The struggle with idealism 6 Form and discourse 7 Lexicology and distributionalism 8 Methodological issues 9 Post-structuralism, normativity and the ontology of being.

About the author

Glyn Williams is Director of the Research Centre Wales and Reader in Sociology at the University of Wales, Bangor. His previous publications include Sociolinguistics: A Sociological Critique (1992)

Summary

In this book, Glyn Williams presents an account of the emergence and development of French Discourse Analysis and the contribution which both sociology and linguistics make to the social construction of meaning.

Product details

• Authors: Glyn Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2014
• EAN: 9781138007215
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00721-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature: history & criticism, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Language teaching and learning, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literature: history and criticism, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)