Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Discourse Analysis presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to linguistic approaches to discourse. Ideal for students new to the subject, this student-friendly textbook clearly explains a wide range of methods and techniques used to collect and analyze spoken, written, and multimodal language. Easy-to-digest chapters describe critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, interactional and variationist sociolinguistics, ethnography, corpus linguistics, social semiotics, and other qualitative and quantitative methods. [...] Now in its fourth edition, Discourse Analysis features new discussion questions and ideas for research projects, up-to-date supplementary readings, expanded discussions of corpus analysis methods, rhetorical legitimation, social identities, and more."-- Page 4 of cover

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