Discursive Practice Language

by Richard F. Young

Book Overview

Discursive Practice is a theory of the linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics of recurring episodes of face-to-face interaction; episodes that have social and cultural significance to a community of speakers. This book examines the discursive practice approach to language-in-interaction, explicating the consequences of grounding language use and language learning in a view of social realities as discursively constructed, of meanings as negotiated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405184442
• ISBN13: 9781405184441
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"