Introducing Discourse Analysis: From Grammar to Society

by James Paul Gee

Book Overview

Introducing Discourse Analysis: From Grammar to Society is a concise and accessible introduction by bestselling author, James Paul Gee, to the fundamental ideas behind different specific approaches to discourse analysis, or the analysis of language in use. The book stresses how grammar sets up choices for speakers and writers to make, choices which express, not unvarnished truth, but perspectives or viewpoints on reality. In turn, these perspectives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138298387
• ISBN13: 9781138298385
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"