Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis

by H.G. Widdowson

Book Overview

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined. Written by a leading researcher in the field Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631234527
• ISBN13: 9780631234524
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"