Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities.  In this book, James Paul Gee introduces the field and presents his unique integrated approach to it.Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the author presents both a theory of language-in-use and a method of research. Clearly structured and written in a highly accessible style, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis incorporates perspectives from a variety of approaches and disciplines, including applied linguistics, education, psychology, anthropology and communication to help students and scholars from a range of backgrounds to formulate their own views on discourse and engage in their own discourse analysis. The second edition has been completely revised and updated and contains substantial new material and examples of oral and written language, ranging from group discussions with children, adults, students and teachers to conversations, interviews, academic texts and policy documents.

An Introduction to Discourse Analysis : Theory and Method

James Paul, Gee

Reference

Routledge

Situated Language And Learning

Social Linguistics And Literacies: Ideology In Discourses

T&F/INDIA

This text attempts to bridge the disciplinary gap between the study of language and literacy, and the study of social theory and critical pedagogy. Topics covered include contemporary, social and cultural approaches to literacy, and key aspects of discourse studies and sociolinguistics.

Social Linguistics and Literacies (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Taylor & Franci

<p>This fully-updated new edition engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the uses and abuses of literacy in that history, the analysis of language as cultural communication, and social theories of mind and meaning, among many other topics. It represents the most current statement of a widely discussed and used theory about how language functions in society, a theory initially developed in the first edition of the book, and developed in this new edition in tandem with analytic techniques for the study of language and literacy in context, with special reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools.</p>  <p>Built around a large number of specific examples, this new edition reflects current debates across the world about education and educational reform, the nature of language and communication, and the role of sociocultural diversity in schools and society. One of the core goals of this book, from its first edition on, has been to develop a new and more widely applicable vision of applied linguistics. It will be of interest to researchers, lecturers and students in education, linguistics, or any field that deals with language, especially in social or cultural terms.</p>

Social Linguistics And Literacies: Ideology in Discourse

Foreign Language Study & Reference

The Anti-Education Era: Creating Smarter Students through Digital Learning

St.Martin's Press

An introduction to linguistics in which sense, cultural diversity, education, literacy and ideology are crucial concerns. The way linguistic traits are developed in social contexts and institutions is examined and linked to various sets of social identities.

Social Linguistics and Literacies: Ideology in Discourses (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education Series)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

The Falmer Press

Offers an analysis of what the authors describe as the "new work order", theories which have swept the business world in the past few years emphasizing "on-the-job learning", worker "empowerment", "collaboration", "participatory decision making" and so on. The authors argue that these "enchanted workplaces" are not as democratic or empowering as the rhetoric would have us believe, and that adult educators in particular need to be aware of the way in which this "fast capitalism" is disempowering certain groups.

The new work order: Behind the language of the new capitalism (Studies in education)

Business & Money

Glynda Hull

Colin Lankshear

Economics

Allen& Unwin

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