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1	The Subject of Semiotics more books like this by Kaja Silverman add to wishlist see all copies from $9.99! new only from $36.94! \| first editions \| SVS
2	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 $23.00! new only from $28.14! \| first editions \| SVS
3	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 $15.45! new only from $34.90! \| first editions
4	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 $10.49! \| SVS
5	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 $7.45! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	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
7	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 $5.11! new only from $36.58! \| first editions \| SVS
8	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 $5.47! new only from $25.62! \| first editions
9	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 $10.10! new only from $23.05! \| SVS
10	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 $4.74! new only from $12.06! \| SVS
11 view cover	Interpreting as a Discourse Process more books like this by Cynthia B Roy add to wishlist This book studies interpreting between languages as a discourse process and as about managing ccommunication between two people who do not speak a common language. Roy examines the turn exchanges of a face-to-face interpreted event in order to offer a definition of interpreted events, describe the process of taking turns with an interpreter, and ... see all copies from $56.05! new only from $56.05! \| SVS
12 view cover	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
13 view cover	Creating Context in Andean Cultures more books like this by Rosaleen Howard-Malverde (Editor) add to wishlist A major concern in current anthropological thinking is that the method of recording or translating into writing a society's cultural expressions--dance, rituals, pottery, the social use of space, et al--cannot help but fundamentally alter the meaning of the living words and deeds of the culture in question. Consequently, recent researchers have ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $3.41! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Interlanguage Pragmatics: Exploring Institutional Talk more books like this by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig (Editor), Beverly S Hartford (Editor) add to wishlist This edited volume brings conversational analysis into the study of second language pragmatics as an analytic paradigm. A well-regarded team of researchers addresses a difficult area for the interlanguage pragmatics research community - the balance between experimental method and the use of conversational data. Institutional talk provides ... see all copies from $13.18! new only from $35.08! \| SVS
15 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 $16.00! new only from $27.16! \| first editions \| SVS
16 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 $15.65! new only from $23.24! \| 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	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 $11.12! new only from $42.00! \| first editions
19 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 $2.99! new only from $72.40! \| first editions
20 view cover	Constructing Crime: Perspectives on Making News and Social Problems more books like this by Gary W Potter (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.50!
21 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 $10.00! new only from $14.78! \| SVS
22 view cover	Research Interviewing: Context and Narrative more books like this by Elliot G Mishler add to wishlist Interviews hold a prominent place among research methods in the social and behavioral sciences . This book examines current views and practices of interviewing and conclude that they reflect a restricted conception of the interview process. This view obscures the essence of interviewing that it is an occasion of two persons speaking to each other ... see all copies from $5.57! new only from $25.90! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	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 $7.82! new only from $39.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Discourse and Language Education more books like this by Evelyn Hatch add to wishlist Discourse and Language Education is part of the Cambridge Language Teaching Library series. Language educators often talk about "communicative competence" - the ability of learners to use language appropriately in different social settings. Discourse analysis describes how such communication is structured, so that it is socially appropriate and ... see all copies from $7.66! new only from $8.79! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Dictionary of Narratology more books like this by Gerald Prince add to wishlist History, literature, religion, myth, film, psychology, theory, and daily conversation all rely heavily on narrative. Cutting across many disciplines, narratology describes and analyzes the language of narrative with its regularly recurring patterns, deeply established conventions for transmission, and interpretive codes, whether in novels, ... see all copies from $8.61! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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