Discourse, of Course

An overview of research in discourse studies

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Jan Renkema

| University of Tilburg

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Discourse, of Course comes after Jan Renkema’s Introduction to Discourse Studies (2004) for undergraduates. The new book is a collection of twenty short papers. It is a capita selecta course and meant for graduate programs. The aim of this book is threefold:

to present material for advanced courses in discourse studies;
to unfold a stimulating display of research projects to future PhD students;
to give an overview of new developments after the 2004 Introduction to Discourse Studies.

This publication fulfills both the teacher's need for a state-of-the-art overview of the main topics in discourse, and the student's need to acquire standards for developing research plans in theses and dissertations. It gives a combination of approaches from very different schools in discourse studies, ranging from argumentation theory to genre theory, from the study of multimodal metaphors to cognitive approaches to coherence analysis. This book is not only meant to serve as a textbook, but also as a reference book for researchers who want an update for various main topics in the field.

[Not in series, 148] 2009. vii, 393 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.148

Table of Contents

A multiple invitation to discourse studies Jan Renkema	1–11
Part I. Discourse in communication	13
Doing discourse with possible worlds Andrea Rocci	15–35
Discourses "off course"? Anna Duszak †	37–51
Part II. Discourse and other communication modes	53
Discourse across semiotic modes John A. Bateman	55–66
Schemes and tropes in Visual Communication: The case of object grouping in advertisements Fons Maes and Joost Schilperoord	67–78
Part III. Discourse types	79
Text types and dynamism of genres Sungsoon Wang	81–92
Academic and professional written genres in disciplinary communication: Theoretical and empirical challenges Giovanni Parodi †	93–110
Part IV. Discourse structures	111
Why investigate textual information hierarchy? Élisabeth Le	113–126
Implicit and explicit coherence relations Maite Taboada	127–140
Part V. Stylistics and rhetorics	141
Style and culture in quantitative discourse analysis Martin Kaltenbacher	143–156
Devices of probability and obligation in text types Xinzhang Yang	157–169
Analysis and evaluation of argumentative discourse Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen	171–184
Part VI. Discourse and cognition	185
Embodied cognition, discourse and dual coding theory: New directions Mark Sadoski	187–195
The cognition of discourse coherence Ted J.M. Sanders and Wilbert Spooren	197–212
A computational psycholinguistic algorithm to measure cohesion in discourse Max M. Louwerse and Patrick Jeuniaux	213–223
Part VII. Discourse and institution	225
Chinese questions and power relations in institutional dialogue Jinjun Wang	227–238
Towards a process view of preformulation in press releases Geert Jacobs and Tom Van Hout	239–251
Media discourse Kenneth C.C. Kong	253–273
Part VIII. Discourse and culture	275
Critical discourse analysis Theo van Leeuwen	277–292
Gendered discursive constructions of bank manager positions: Conflicting social identities Inger Lassen	293–310
The semiotics of racism: A critical discourse-historical analysis Ruth Wodak	311–326
Key to the assignments	327–353
References	367–388
Index	389–393

“This is a very useful and multi disciplinary collection of papers in discourse studies, within a unique pedagogical framework that has been the hallmark of Jan Renkema's contributions to the field.”

Teun van Dijk, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

“A systematic analysis of naturalistic discourse requires an interdisciplinary effort that integrates the latest advances in discourse processes, theoretical and corpus linguistics, cognitive science, semiotics, rhetoric, and other related fields. This edited volume covers the important new work in these fields. The book will be helpful to both the seasoned discourse researchers and the budding new students and scholars.”

Arthur C. Graesser, University of Memphis

“I need only a few words to express my opinion about this book: I think it is an asset to the field. Furthermore, the format of the contributions makes the book very useful as a textbook for students.”

Carel Jansen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Stellenbosch University

“[...] Renkema’s aim to publish a book which serves not only as a textbook but also as a reference book to the latest research methods used in discourse studies has been achieved. The book gives a good overview of the field and practical tips on how to conduct research. It is an interesting read, and has the potential to appeal not only to students but also to the interested general public.”

fromDiscourse Studies, Vol. 13(6)- 2011. Pages 821-822

“The present collection stands out from other similar attempts in that it introduces material for advanced programs in discourse studies, proposes research projects to prospective PhD students, and presents synoptically, albeit spherically, recent advances in discourse studies. [...] "Discourse, of Course" should not be viewed as a mere textbook but as a tool via which students will deftly cement their own research, as a guide via which tutors will effectively design courses and seminars. In this sense, the volume fulfils Renkema's initial hope in intriguing and inspiring researchers in the field of discourse studies.”

Mariza Georgalou, Lancaster University, on Linguist List, 21.1516 (2010)

“A volume like this will have a strong attraction for researchers and teachers engaged in discourse and communication studies. One of the strong aspects of the collection is that it combines theory and practice to highlight pedagogy, which is rather rare in volumes of this kind.”

Vijay K. Bhatia, City University of Hong Kong

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Subjects

Linguistics

Pragmatics

Theoretical linguistics

Discourse studies

BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2008052214 | Marc record