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1	An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method more books like this by James Paul Gee add to wishlist James Paul Gee presents here his unique integrated approach to discourse analysis: the analysis of spoken and written language as it is used to enact social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, James Paul Gee presents both a theory of language-in-use, as well as a method of research. This method is ... see all copies from $22.50! new only from $28.30! \| first editions \| SVS
2	An Invitation to Social Construction more books like this by Prof. Kenneth J Gergen add to wishlist 'Remains an authoritative overview of the field, but is now markedly more accessible. It will be invaluable to students and scholars looking for a sustained and engaging inquiry into the premises and practices of social constructionism' - Dr Matthew Adams, University of Brighton. Reflecting the significant developments in constructivist thought ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $39.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Culture & Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis more books like this by Renato Rosaldo add to wishlist Culture and Truth is a call for a new approach to thinking and writing about culture. Exposing the inadequacies of old conceptions of static, monolithic culture, and of detached, "objective" observers, the book argues instead for social science to acknowledge and celebrate diversity, narrative, emotion, and the unavoidability of subjectivity. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
4	Archaeology of Knowledge more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $17.54! \| first editions
5	Descartes: Discourse on Method and the Meditations by Laurence J. LaFleur add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.66! \| SVS
6	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry more books like this by Professor Jack Zipes, Zipes Jack add to wishlist Addressing his ongoing concerns, the author of this text examines the socialization of children, the impact of the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as a film. As a result of analyzing the historical trajectory of storytelling and the literary fairy tale, the essays in this volume move from the 16th ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $39.11! \| first editions
7	Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers more books like this by Marianne Celce-Murcia, Elite Olshtain add to wishlist Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers is part of the Cambridge Handbooks for Language for Language Teachers series. The paperback edition recommends that language teachers incorporate an awareness of discourse and pragmatics in their teaching if they truly wish to implement a communicative approach in their ... see all copies from $13.38! new only from $18.00!
8	The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics more books like this by Arthur W Frank add to wishlist In this title, the author draws on accounts of illness by Oliver Sacks, Norman Cousins, Gilda Radner, Steward Alsop, and many others to illustrate that seriously ill people are wounded in both body and voice. He asserts that they need to become storytellers to recover the voices that illness and its treatment have taken away. see all copies from $7.97! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Retelling a Life: Narration and Dialogue in Psychoanalysis more books like this by Roy Schafer, Ph.D. add to wishlist Here is the long-awaited new book by the influential, always provocative psychoanalyst, Roy Schafer. It focuses on a vacuum that has developed between psychoanalysis and critical thinkers in the social sciences and humanities. Schafers goal is to weave psychoanalytic discourse into the tapestry of modern trends in intellectual history, notably ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Discourse Analysis more books like this by Barbara Johnstone add to wishlist Fully revised and updated throughout, the new edition of "Discourse Analysis" is a user-friendly textbook for students taking their first course in linguistic approaches to discourse. Second edition of a popular introductory textbook, combining breadth of coverage, practical examples, and student-friendly features. It includes new sections on ... see all copies from $7.47! new only from $37.72! \| SVS
11 view cover	On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection more books like this by Susan Stewart add to wishlist An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. see all copies from $11.65! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
12 view cover	Framing in Discourse more books like this by Deborah Tannen, Ph.D. (Editor) add to wishlist The concept of framing has been pivotal in research on social interaction among anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and linguists. This collection shows how the discourse analysis of frames can be applied to a range of social contexts. Tannen provides a seminal theoretical framework for conceptualizing the relationship between frames and ... see all copies from $6.31! new only from $28.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method more books like this by Gerard Genette, Jane E Lewin (Translator), Jonathan Culler (Foreword by) add to wishlist Gerard Genette, a critic of international stature, here builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an analysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly Remembrance of Things Past. Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author identifies and names the basic constituents and techniques of narrative and illustrates them by ... see all copies from $10.90! new only from $14.78! \| SVS
14 view cover	An Introduction to Discourse Analysis more books like this by Malcolm Coulthard add to wishlist The central concern of this book is the analysis of verbal interaction or discourse. This first six chapters report and evaluate major theoretical advances in the description of discourse. The final chapters demonstrate how the findings of discourse analysis can be used to investigate second-language teaching and first-language acquisition and to ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $43.22! \| SVS
15 view cover	Discourse and Social Psychology: Beyond Attitudes and Behaviour more books like this by Professor Jonathan Potter, Dr. Margaret Wetherell add to wishlist 'Potter and Wetherell have genuinely presented us with a different way of working in social psychology. The book's clarity means that it has the power to influence a lot of people ill-at-ease with traditional social psychology but unimpressed with (or simply bewildered by) other alternatives on offer. It could rescue social psychology from the ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $39.52! \| SVS
16 view cover	Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction more books like this by Prof. Kenneth J Gergen add to wishlist Western culture has traditionally celebrated the individual mind as the locus of reason and, thus, of knowledge. According to Gergen, however, Descartes's famous dictum, "I think, therefore I am", should more properly be "I communicate, therefore I am". The process of doubt equates not with reason but with language, and meaningful language is less ... see all copies from $14.92! new only from $26.56! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Narrative Analysis more books like this by Dr. Catherine Kohler Riessman add to wishlist In recent years, the development of narrative analysis has given life to the study of the narrative as a form of information for social research. This volume, replete with examples and transcriptions from previous narrative studies, is a useful introduction to this growing body of literature. The author provides a detailed primer on the use of ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $22.94!
18 view cover	Genres in Discourse more books like this by Professor Tzvetan Todorov, Professor Catherine Porter (Translator) add to wishlist This is a collection in translation of recent essays by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the most eminent of today's literary critics. The essays concentrate on the idea of genre, literary or otherwise, and ask such questions as: What is literature? What is genre? Which are the major literary genres? In the first section, Todorov proposes definitions for ... see all copies from $15.92! new only from $27.76! \| SVS
19 view cover	Social Constructionism more books like this by Vivien Burr add to wishlist This book aims to introduce students to the area of social science theory and research that has come to be known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday experience and from existing research in areas such as personality, sexuality and health, the basic theoretical assumptions of social constructionism are clearly ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $22.11! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Grain of the Voice more books like this by Professor Roland Barthes add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! first editions
21 view cover	Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction more books like this by David J Silverman add to wishlist 'This is a superb book. It covers the broad sweep of current qualitative work, while being appropriately selective and always on the side of quality. Its clarity is faultless, and its introduction of the various relevant concepts is neatly integrated with an excellent set of exercises which will bring them alive. David Silverman has written the ... see all copies from $7.70! new only from $88.24! \| first editions
22 view cover	Language and Power more books like this by Norman Fairclough add to wishlist Language and Power is about how language works to maintain and change power relations in contemporary society, and how understanding these processes can enable people to resist and change them. Substantial changes in social life have taken place in the decade since the original publication, which have changed the nature of unequal power relations, ... see all copies from $5.78! new only from $40.86! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Subject of Semiotics more books like this by Kaja Silverman add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95! new only from $36.94! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Linguistic Criticism more books like this by Roger Fowler add to wishlist A fruitful, well-established development in literary studies has been the application of ideas drawn from linguistics. Precise analytical methods help the practical criticism of texts, while at the same time the theory of language has illuminated literary theory. Linguistic Criticism is an introduction to the subject by one of its most experienced ... see all copies from $3.37! new only from $26.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Gender & Discourse more books like this by Deborah Tannen, Ph.D. add to wishlist Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for more than three years (in cloth and paper) and has sold over a million and a half copies. Clearly, Tannen's insights into how and why women and men so often misunderstand each other when they talk has touched a nerve. For years an internationally known ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.61! \| first editions \| SVS

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