Discourse Analysis: A Practical Guide to Texts, Interactions, and Social Practices

Perfect for instructors seeking a practical and balanced resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, this comprehensive and accessible textbook brings together the major approaches to discourse analysis in a coherent and streamlined format. Discourse Analysis is an engaging, inclusive and incredibly rich pedagogical guide to understanding language and communication in the contemporary world, with chapters tracing the field's historical development and core concepts. Analytical tools and practical exercises ensure learners can easily navigate various traditions, such as Conversation Analysis and Ethnography of Communication to Interactional Sociolinguistics. A dedicated section on Core Tenets and Concepts ensures learners can familiarise themselves with abstract concepts including cohesion/coherence, power and ideology. Positioned within the intersection of linguistics and computer science, this book draws on global examples from diverse linguistic and cultural contexts to strengthen understandings of how discourse shapes identity, authority and meaning across a variety of settings.