Text and Discourse Analysis

Zusatztext 'A well designed and easy-to-manage workbook for newcomers to the discipline or anyone who is interested in how texts function and what the intrinsic features of the text are.' - Discourse and Society Informationen zum Autor Raphael Salkie Klappentext A practical, `user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis. Text and Discourse Analysis:* examines a wide variety of authentic texts including news stories, adverts, novels, official forms, instruction manuals and textbooks* contains numerous practical activities* looks at a range of cohesive devices* concludes by looking at larger patterns in texts, a set of further exercises and a guide for further reading* provides a hands-on guide to an area of growing importance in language study. Zusammenfassung A practical, `user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis. Contains numerous practical activities and exercises, making this an invaluable resource for both students and teachers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Ways of Using this book: Introduction: Part One: Lexical Cohesion: Unit 1: Word Repetition Unit 2: Using Synonyms Unit 3: Superordinates and Generals Unit 4: Opposites and Related Words Part Two: Other Kinds of Cohesion Unit 5: Substitutes Unit 6: More Substitutes Unit 7: Ellipsis Unit 8: Reference Works Unit 9: Connectiveness Part Three: Beyond Cohesion Unit 10: Larger Patterns. Further Exercises. Further Reading.

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Salkie, Salkie Raphael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.1995
• EAN: 9780415092784
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09278-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Language Workbooks; Language Workbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics