Discourse Analysis: The Questions Discourse Analysts Ask and How They Answer Them

✍ Scribed by Hansun Zhang Waring

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 241
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
PART I Introduction
1 Overview of Discourse Analysis
Introduction
Aim of the Book
Origins of Discourse Analysis
Discourse and Discourse Analysis
Defining Discourse
Defining Discourse Analysis
Questions and Analyses
How Is Discourse Structured?
How Are Social Actions Accomplished in Discourse?
How Are Identities Negotiated in Discourse?
How Are Ideologies Constructed in Discourse?
Approaches and Transcriptions
Applications of Discourse Analysis
Overview of the Book
Key Points
References
PART II Discourse and Structure
2 Classics in Discourse and Structure
Introduction
Structure of Talk
Narrative (Labov)
Conversation (Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson)
Classroom Interaction (Sinclair & Coulthard; Lemke)
Structure of Text
Macrostructure (van Dijk)
Rhetorical Structure Theory (Mann & Thompson)
Cohesive Devices (Halliday & Hasan)
Structure of Nonverbal Conduct
Gaze (Kendon)
Gesture (McNeal)
Body Movement (Goodwin)
Key Points
References
3 Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Structure
Introduction
Grammar
Tense Variation to Structure Narratives
Grammatical Units to Organize Interaction
Genre
Doing Genre Analysis
Variations of Genre
Gaze and Gesture
Gaze
Gesture
Approaches to Discourse and Structure
Key Points
References
PART III Discourse and Social Action
4 Classics in Discourse and Social Action
Introduction
Doing Things With Words
Language Games (Wittgenstein)
Speech Act Theory (Austin and Searle)
Signaling Meaning With Implicatures, Cues, and Frames
Implicature (Grice)
Contextualization Cue (Gumperz)
Frame (Bateson, Goffman, and Tannen)
Key Points
References
5 Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Social Action
Introduction
Begin With Conduct
Repetition in Conversation
Discourse Markers
Gaze, Gesture, and Body Movement
Begin With Action
Balancing Work and Play
Managing Nongranting of Requests
Achieving Consensus
Reenactments in Conversation
Approaches to Discourse and Social Action
Key Points
References
PART IV Discourse and Identity
6 Classics in Discourse and Identity
Introduction
Universal Identities
Face and Face-Work (Goffman)
Face-Threatening Acts (FTAs) and Politeness (Brown and Levinson)
Social Identities
Membership Categorization (Sacks)
Performed Social Identity and Co-Membership (Erickson)
Social Act and Stance (Ochs)
Negotiability of Social Identities
Interactional Identities
Footing, Alignment, and Participation Framework (Goffman)
Positioning Theory (Davies and Harré)
Pyramid of Identities in Discourse
Key Points
References
7 Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Identity
Introduction
Discourse and Individual Identities
Operative Identities at Meal Time
Gendered Parental Identities at Meal Time
Being a Responsible Urban Father
Heterosexual Masculinity
Discourse and Institutional Identity
Being a Novice Teacher
Being a Fellow Physician
Being a Boy in a Literacy Classroom
Being an Academic
Approaches to Discourse and Identity
Key Points
References
PART V Discourse and Ideology
8 Classics in Discourse and Ideology
Introduction
Language and Thought
Linguistic Relativism (Sapir and Whorf )
Cognitive Metaphor (Lakoff and Johnson)
Theoretical Frameworks for Studying Discourse and Ideology
Critical Language Studies (Fairclough)
Ideological Analysis (van Dijk)
Seven Building Tasks and Four Theoretical Tools (Gee)
Critical Discourse Analysis
Key Points
References
9 Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Ideology
Introduction
Discourse and Gender Ideology
Sexualization in Media Discourse
Subtext of Gender Discrimination in Dissertation Defense
Heteronormativity in Medical Calls
Discourse and Race Ideology
Racism in Media Discourse
Racial Reversal Among White Teenagers
Language of Racism Among White New Zealanders
Approaches to Discourse and Ideology
Key Points
References
Index