{"product_id":"text-context-pretext-critical-issues-in-discourse-analysis-hardback-9780631234517","title":"Text, Context, Pretext; Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis (Hardback) 9780631234517","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eText, Context, Pretext\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritical Issues in Discourse Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. G. Widdowson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631234517, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 September 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.417 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This book is beautifully written, clearly and cogently argued and illustrated with interesting and persuasive examples. It is excellent for use with students, who would otherwise struggle in a field replete with difficult, if not tortuous, key texts.” \u003ci\u003eMalcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is unusual in discourse analysis to find a book as thought-provoking or as wide-ranging as this. Any student of pragmatics, discourse analysis (critical or otherwise), text linguistics or corpus linguistics will need to consider carefully what Henry Widdowson has to say; his positions are too well argued to be simply ignored.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Hoey, University of Liverpool\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eText, Context, Pretext\u003c\/i\u003e covers much ground in discourse analysis ranging from its early precursors (e.g. B Malinowski, Z. Harris) to its contemporary practitioners. The notion of pretext provides a new approach to the discussion of critical issues in (critical) discourse analysis.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Volume, greatly ro its credit, raises the awareness of various critical issues which need to be considered when embarking on research in Critical Discourse Analysis.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiscourse \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a leading researcher in the field\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContinues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. Text and discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Text and grammar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Context and Co-text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Pretext.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Critical discourse analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Text and corpus analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Analysis and interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Approach and method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of names.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406461464856,"sku":"9780631234517","price":91.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631234517.jpg?v=1784138400","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/text-context-pretext-critical-issues-in-discourse-analysis-hardback-9780631234517","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}