How to do discourse analysis : a toolkit / James Paul Gee.

By:

Gee, James Paul [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.Edition: Second editionISBN:

9780415725583
0415725585

Subject(s):

Discourse analysis

DDC classification:

401.41 GEE

Contents:

Language and context -- Saying, doing, and designing -- Building things in the world -- Theoretical tools.

Summary: Using a practical how-to approach, Gee provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis, with engaging step-by-step tasks featured throughout the book. Each tool is clearly explained, along with guidance on how to use it, and authentic data is provided for readers to practice using the tools. Readers from all fields will gain both a practical and theoretical background in how to do discourse analysis and knowledge of discourse analysis as a distinctive research methodology.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	401.41 GEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100629998

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This bestselling textbook is the ideal companion to An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, by leading author, James Paul Gee.

Using a practical how-to approach, Gee provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis, with engaging step-by-step tasks featured throughout the book. Each tool is clearly explained, along with guidance on how to use it, and authentic data is provided for readers to practice using the tools. Readers from all fields will gain both a practical and theoretical background in how to do discourse analysis and knowledge of discourse analysis as a distinctive research methodology.

Updated throughout, this second edition also includes a new tool- 'The Big C Conversation Tool'. A new companion website www.routledge.com/cw/gee features a frequently asked questions section, additional tasks to support understanding, a glossary and free access to journal articles by James Paul Gee.

How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit is an essential book for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students working in the areas of applied linguistics, education, psychology, anthropology and communication.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language and context -- Saying, doing, and designing -- Building things in the world -- Theoretical tools.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction (p. 1)
Unit 1 Language and Context (p. 7)
1.1 Language and Language Acquisition (p. 8)
1.2 Context (p. 11)
Grammar Interlude #1: Deixis (p. 14)
1.3 Two Tools: The Fill In Tool and the Making Strange Tool (p. 17)
1.4 Working with the Fill In Tool (p. 19)
Grammar Interlude #2: Subjects and Predicates (p. 23)
1.5 Working with the Making Strange Tool (p. 25)
Grammar Interlude #3: Intonation (p. 29)
1.6 The Frame Problem (p. 37)
1.7 The Frame Problem Tool (p. 44)
1.8 Working with the Frame Problem Tool (p. 45)
Unit 2 Saying, Doing, and Designing (p. 49)
2.1 The Doing and Not Just Saying Tool (p. 50)
2.2 Working with the Doing and Not Just Saying Tool (p. 53)
2.3 Using Grammar to Build Structures and Meaning (p. 55)
Grammar Interlude #4: Vocabulary (p. 60)
2.4 The Why This Way and Not That Way Tool (p. 62)
Grammar Interlude #5: Integrating Information (p. 63)
2.5 Working with the Why This Way and Not That Way Tool (p. 70)
Grammar Interlude #6: Topics and Themes (p. 71)
2.6 Why We Build and Design with Grammar (p. 75)
2.7 Using Language to Build Things in the World (p. 78)
Grammar Interlude #7: Stanzas (p. 80)
Unit 3 Building Things in the World (p. 89)
3.1 The Context is Reflexive Tool (p. 90)
3.2 Working with the Context is Reflexive Tool (p. 92)
3.3 Building Tasks and Building Tools (p. 94)
3.4 The Significance Building Tool (p. 98)
3.5 Working with the Significance Building Tool (p. 100)
3.6 The Activities Building Tool (p. 102)
3.7 Working with the Activities Building Tool (p. 108)
3.8 The Identities Building Tool (p. 112)
3.9 Working with the Identities Building Tool (p. 116)
3.10 The Relationships Building Tool (p. 120)
3.11 Working with the Relationships Building Tool (p. 122)
3.12 The Politics Building Tool (p. 124)
3.13 Working with the Politics Building Tool (p. 129)
3.14 The Connections Building Tool (p. 132)
Grammar Interlude #8: Cohesion (p. 134)
3.15 Working with the Connections Building Tool (p. 138)
3.16 The Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool (p. 141)
3.17 Working with the Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool (p. 145)
Grammar Interlude #9: Topic Flow or Topic Chaining (p. 148)
Unit 4 Theoretical Tools (p. 155)
4.1 Six Theoretical Tools (p. 156)
4.2 The Situated Meaning Tool (p. 157)
4.3 Working with the Situated Meaning Tool (p. 160)
4.4 The Social Languages Tool (p. 162)
4.5 Working with the Social Languages Tool (p. 167)
4.6 The Intertextuality Tool (p. 171)
4.7 Working with the Intertextuality Tool (p. 172)
4.8 The Figured Worlds Tool (p. 174)
4.9 Working with the Figured Worlds Tool (p. 178)
4.10 The Big D Discourse Tool (p. 181)
4.11 Working with the Big D Discourse Tool (p. 186)
4.12 The Big C Conversation Tool (p. 189)
4.13 Working with the Big C Conversation Tool (p. 192)
Conclusion (p. 195)
Appendix: List of Tools (p. 199)
Index (p. 205)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of many titles including An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, fourth edition (2014), Language and Learning in the Digital Age (2011) and co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2012).