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Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, and commentaries.Revised and updated throughout, the new edition of Discourse Analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the major approaches to and methodological tools used in discourse analysis. This textbook: introduces both traditional perspectives on the analysis of texts and talk as well as more recent approaches that address technologically mediated and multimodal discourse incorporates practical examples using real data, now revised to include more diverse examples from a wider range of countries includes a revised final section to highlight recent research with case studies showcasing examples of how scholars used the principles illustrated in the book is accompanied by online support material with additional student activities, summaries, explanations, and useful links Other features of the new edition include updated references and a wider range of material from social media that includes TikTok and other more recently popular platforms. Written by an experienced teacher and author, this accessible textbook is essential reading for all students of English language and linguistics.

From emails relating to adoption over the Internet to discussions in the airline cockpit, the spoken or written texts we produce can have significant social consequences. The area of Mediated Discourse Analysis considers texts in their social and cultural contexts to explore the actions individuals take with texts - and the consequences of those actions. Discourse in Action: brings together leading scholars from around the world in the area of Mediated Discourse Analysis reveals ways in which its theory and methodology can be used in research into contemporary social situations explores real situations and draws on real data in each chapter shows how analysis of texts in their social contexts broadens our understanding of the real world.Taken together, the chapters provide a comprehensive overview to the field and present a range of current studies that address some of the most important questions facing students and researchers in linguistics, education, communication studies and other fields.

Orientiert am linguistisch und literaturwissenschaftlich geprägten Ansatz einer historischen Kommunikationstheorie gelten die Beiträge kommunikativen Aspekte mittelalterlicher Literatur in folgenden Problemfeldern: Texte als dialogisches Medium (Autor– Publikum, Text– Benutzer), dialogisches Sprechen (Wechselrede), konversationelle Konventionen im Dialog (Anrede, Höflichkeit, Sprachregulierung) oder Monolog als Dialog, „Gespräch“ der Texte untereinander (Intertextualität, u.a. im Aufnehmen sprachlicher Muster, Motive, Formeln, Szenetypen etc.) oder dialogische Prinzipien innerhalb der Überlieferung (Beweglichkeit der Texte, Bild und Text).