Studies in Discourse Analysis (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)

by Malcolm Coulthard

Book Overview

The book explores ways in which the formal methods of linguistics can cast light on the structure of verbal interaction, and in particular considers how successive utterances cohere together in continuous spoken discourse. Beginning with an earlier model of discourse analysis elaborated to deal with teacher-pupil interaction in the classroom, it then reviews attempts to extend this model to a variety of discourses such as committee talk, doctor-patient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138983187
• ISBN13: 9781138983182
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"