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How to Do Discourse Analysis

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ISBN-10: 0415572088

ISBN-13: 9780415572088

Edition: 2011

Authors: James Paul Gee

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List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

James Paul Gee is Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Social Linguistics and Literacies, a foundational work in the field of New Literacy Studies, and Why Video Games Are Good For Your Soul.

Introduction
Language and Context
Language and Language Acquisition
Context
Deixis
Two Tools: The Fill In Tool and the Making Strange Tool
Working with the Fill In Tool
Subjects and Predicates
Working with the Making Strange Tool
Intonation
The Frame Problem
The Frame Problem Tool
Working with the Frame Problem Tool
Saying, Doing, and Designing
The Doing and Not Just Saying Tool
Working with the Doing and Not Just Saying Tool
Using Grammar to Build Structures and Meanings
Vocabulary
The Why This Way and Not That Way Tool
Integrating Information
Working with the Why This Way and Not That Way Tool
Topics and Themes
Why We Build and Design with Grammar
Using Language to Build Things in the World
Stanzas
Building Things in the World
The Context is Reflexive Tool
Working with the Context is Reflexive Tool
Building Tasks and Building Tools
The Significance Building Tool
Working with the Significance Building Tool
The Activities Building Tool
Working with the Activities Building Tool
The Identities Building Tool
Working with the Identities Building Tool
The Relationships Building Tool
Working with the Relationships Building Tool
The Politics Building Tool
Working with the Politics Building Tool
The Connections Building Tool
Cohesion
Working with the Connections Building Tool
The Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool
Working with the Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool
Topic Flow or Topic Chaining
Theoretical Tools
Five Theoretical Tools
The Situated Meaning Tool
Working with the Situated Meaning Tool
The Social Languages Tool
Working with the Social Languages Tool
The Intertextuality Tool
Working with the Intertextuality Tool
The Figured Worlds Tool
Working with the Figured Worlds Tool
The Big "D" Discourse Tool
Working with the Big "D" Discourse Tool
Conclusion
Discourse Analysis for Images and Multimodal Texts
List of Tools
Index