What is Discourse Analysis? is an accessible introduction to an empirical research approach which is widely used in the social sciences and related disciplines.

Approaches to Discourse Analysis demonstrates the importance of the diverse perspectives that various approaches to discourse bring to bear on human communicati

An exploration of how any language produced by man, spoken or written, is used to communicate for a purpose and within a context.

Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of lingu

A systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research. Introduces three approaches and explains the distinctive