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What Writing Does and How It Does It An Introduction to Analyzing Texts and Textual Practices

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ISBN-10: 0805838066

ISBN-13: 9780805838060

Edition: 2004

Authors: Charles Bazerman, Paul Prior

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List price: $77.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.06" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Charles Bazerman is Chair and Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Introduction
Analyzing Texts
Content Analysis: What Texts Talk About
Poetics and Narrativity: How Texts Tell Stories
Linguistic Discourse Analysis: How the Language in Texts Works
Intertextuality: How Texts Rely on Other Texts
Code-Switching and Second Language Writing: How Multiple Codes Are Combined in a Text
The Multiple Media of Texts: How Onscreen and Paper Texts Incorporate Words, Images, and Other Media
Analyzing Textual Practices
Tracing Process: How Texts Come Into Being
Speaking and Writing: How Talk and Text Interact in Situated Practices
Children's Writing: How Textual Forms, Contextual Forces, and Textual Politics Co-Emerge
Rhetorical Analysis: Understanding How Texts Persuade Readers
Speech Acts, Genres, and Activity Systems: How Texts Organize Activity and People