Analyzing Discourse: Text and Talk

Book Overview

Discourse, as the term appears in the title, and as it is used in the papers collected here. . . . refers to both text and talk, and these not as two separate genres to be compared and contrasted, but rather as overlapping aspects of a single entity. As the object of study, spoken discourse is 'text', much as words spoken in a speech are commonly referred to as the text of the speech. In this sense, 'discourse' and 'text' are synonymous.from the Introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878401164
• ISBN13: 9780878401161
• Release Date: March 1982
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher