02720    a2200397   4500001001100000005001700011008004000028020002200068037003600090040000700126041000800133072001500141072001500156072001600171072001500187072001500202072001600217072001500233072001300248072001400261072001400275072001300289072001400302072002100316072002100337072002100358072002100379072001800400100001900418245005800437250000600495260003200501300001000533520176400543999001502307104026275920250328151425.0250324022025GB        6           eng    a9781040262757qEA  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 39.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aGPS2thema7 aCFG2thema7 aCFDM2thema7 aJNA2thema7 aCJA2thema7 a2ACB2bisac7 a4LE2bisac7 aGPS2bic7 aCFGR2bic7 aCFDM2bic7 aJNA2bic7 aEBAL2bic7 aLAN0090002bisac7 aEDU0290802bisac7 aLAN0040002bisac7 aLAN0100002bisac7 a401.412bisac1 aJames Paul Gee10aIntroduction to Discourse AnalysisbTheory and Method  a5  aOxfordbRoutledgec20250228  a290 p  bThis bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive guide to conducting discourse analysis. The book outlines Gee’s approach, which involves examining how language is used in context to construct meaning, identities, relationships, and social practices. The theoretical framework is built around seven "building tasks" that language performs: significance, practices, identities, relationships, politics, connections, and sign systems and knowledge. Gee introduces six "tools of inquiry" for analyzing these tasks: situated meanings, social languages, figured worlds, intertextuality, Discourses, and Conversations. Methodologically, Gee emphasizes the importance of context and the reciprocal relationship between language and context. He discusses transcription, outlines the components of an "ideal" discourse analysis, and addresses issues of validity. The book provides practical guidance on analyzing various aspects of language, such as intonation units, stanzas, and the overall organization of oral and written texts. Gee uses interview data to demonstrate how identities and socially situated meanings are constructed through language. This new edition is updated throughout with new examples and a new chapter on multimodal discourse analysis, demonstrating how Gee’s approach can be applied to texts that combine language with other modes of communication, like images or video. Overall, the book equips readers with a robust toolkit for systematically analyzing discourse. A n Introduction to Discourse Analysis can be used as a stand-alone textbook or ideally used in conjunction with the practical companion title How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit . Together they provide the complete resource for students studying discourse analysis.  c8463d8463