Discourse and Cognition

by Derek Edwards

Drawing upon ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, linguistic philosophy and social studies of science, Derek Edwards makes a compelling case for language to be best understood as a kind of activity, as discourse. These influences underpin a fascinating intellectual survey ranging across cognitivism, discursive psychology, shared knowledge, categories and metaphor, emotion and narrative. The emphasis throughout is on the value of close empirical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803976968
• ISBN13: 9780803976962
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"