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020			_a9781032880389
040			_cPK-LaUMT
082			_a401.41 _bGEE-I
100	1		_aGee, James Paul _911191
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to discourse analysis : _btheory and method / _cJames Paul Gee
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aOxon : _bRoutledge, _c2025
300			_a x, 279 p.
500			_aIndex present
520			_aJames Paul Gee's "Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method" (5th edition) provides a comprehensive guide to conducting discourse analysis. The book outlines Gee's approach, which involves examining how language is used in context to construct meaning, identities, relationships, and social practices. The theoretical framework is built around seven "building tasks" that language performs: significance, practices, identities, relationships, politics, connections, and sign systems and knowledge. Gee introduces six "tools of inquiry" for analysing these tasks: situated meanings, social languages, figured worlds, intertextuality, Discourses, and Conversations. Methodologically, Gee emphasizes the importance of context and the reciprocal relationship between language and context.
546			_aEng
650			_aDiscourse analysis
650			_aAcademic language _911192
942			_cBK
999			_c140574 _d140574