Text, Context, Pretext Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis [Paperback]

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined.

• Written by a leading researcher in the field
  
• Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since
  
• Introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process
  
• Focuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed

Preface.

1. Text and discourse.

2. Text and grammar.

3. Context.

4. Context and Co-text.

5. Pretext.

6. Critical discourse analysis.

7. Text and corpus analysis.

8. Analysis and interpretation.

9. Approach and method.

10. Conclusion.

References.

Index of names.

Index of subjects.

“This book is beautifully written, clearly and cogently argued and illustrated with interesting and persuasive examples. It is excellent for use with students, who would otherwise struggle in a field replete with difficult, if not tortuous, key texts.” Malcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham <!--end-->

“It is unusual in discourse analysis to find a book as thought-provoking or as wide-ranging as this. Any student of pragmatics, discourse analysis (critical or otherwise), text linguil3–