The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

The articles collected in the Handbook of Discourse Analysiscomprise a foundational paradigm for discourse that is broad enoughto support a variety of approaches, methods, and even definitions,regarding discourse.

The volume begins with an overview of discourse analysis, thenmoves through an examination of theoretical and methodologicalissues in the field. The book also presents a wide range ofempirical studies of discourse as social and linguistic practice.Since many of the articles are interdisciplinary, the bookconcludes with an exploration of how different disciplines havebecome interested in discourse.

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significantcontributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive andauthoritative guide to the central issues in contemporary discourseanalysis.

Introduction: Deborah Schiffrin (Georgetown University), DeborahTannen (Georgetown University) and Heidi Hamilton (GeorgetownUniversity).

Part I: Discourse Analysis and Linguistics:.

1. Intonation and Discourse: Current Views from Within:Elizabeth Couper–Kuhlen (University of Konstanz).

2. Cohesion and Texture: Jim Martin (University of Sydney).

3. Discourse Markers: Language, Meaning and Context: DeborahSchiffrin (Georgetown University).

4. Discourse and Semantics: Neal Norrick (SaarlandUniversity).

5. Discourse and Relevance Theory: Diane Blakemore (SouthamptonUniversity).

6. Discourse and Information Structure: Gregory Ward and BettyBirner (Northwestern University).

7. Historical Discourse Analysis: Laurel Brinton (University ofBritish Columbia).

8. Typology and Discourse: John Myhill (University ofHaifa).

9. Register Variation: A Corpus Approach: Douglas Biber(Northern Arizona University) and Susan Conrad.

Part II: The Linking of Theory and Practice in DiscourseAnalysis:.

10. Nine Ways of Looking at Apologies: The Necessity ofInterdisciplinary Theory and Method in Discourse Analysis: RobinLakoff (University of California, Berkeley).

11. Interactional Sociolinguistics: A Personal Perspective: JohnGumperz (University of California, Berkeley).

12. Discourse as an Interactional Achievement III: TheOmnirelevance of Action: Emanuel Schegloff (University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles).

13. Discourse and Interaction: Monica Heller (University ofToronto).

14. The Linguistic Structure of Discourse: Livia Polanyi (FXPalo Alto Lab).

15. The Variationist Approach Towards Discourse StructuralEffects and Socio–Interactional Dynamics: Sylvie DuBois (LouisianaState University) and David Sankoff (Université deMontréal).

16. Computer–Assisted Text and Corpus Analysis: Lexical Cohesionand Communicative Competence: Michael Stubbs (University ofTrier).

17. The Transcription of Discourse: Jane Edwards (University ofCalifornia, Berkeley).

Part III: Discourse: Language, Context, andInteraction:.

Political, Social, and Institutional Domains:.

18. Critical Discourse Analysis: Teun van Dijk (University ofAmsterdam).

19. Discourse and Racism: Ruth Wodak (Universität Wein) andMartin Reisigl.

20. Political Discourse: John Wilson (University of Ulster).

21. Discourse and the Media: Colleen Cotter (GeorgetownUniversity).

22. Discourse Analysis in the Legal Context: Roger Shuy(Georgetown University).

23. The Discourse of Medical Encounters: Nancy Ainsworth–Vaughn(Michigan State University).

24. Language and Medicine: Suzanne Fleischman (University ofCalifornia, Berkeley).

25. Discourse in Educational Settings: Carolyn Adger (TempleUniversity).

26. Institutional Narratives: Charlotte Linde (Institute forResearch on Learning).

Culture, Community, and Genre:.

27. Discourse and Intercultural Communication: Ronald andSuzanne Scollon (Georgetown University).

28. Discourse and Gender: Shari Kendall and Deborah Tannen(Georgetown University).

29. Discourse and Aging: Heidi Hamilton (GeorgetownUniversity).

30. Child discourse: Jenny Cook–Gumperz (University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara) and Amy Kryatzis (University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara).

31. Computer–Mediated Discourse: Susan Herring (University ofTexas).

32. Discourse and Narrative: Barbara Johnstone (Carnegie MellonUniversity).

33. Discourse and Conflict: Christina Kakavá (MaryWashington College).

Part IV: Discourse Across Disciplines:.

34. The Analysis of Discourse Flow: Wallace Chafe (University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara).

35. The Discursive Turn in Social Psychology: Rom Harré(Linacre College, Oxford and Georgetown University).

36. Discourse and Language Teaching: Elite Olshtain (HebrewUniversity) and Marianne Celce–Murcia (University of California,Los Angeles).

37. Discourse Analysis in Communication: Karen Tracy (Universityof Colorado).

38. Discourse and Sociology: Sociology and Discourse: AllenGrimshaw (Indiana University).

39. Imagination in Discourse: Herb Clark and Mija VanDerWege(both Stanford University).

40. Literary Pragmatics: Jacob Mey (Odense University).

41. Computational Perspectives on Discourse and Dialogue: BonnieWebber (University of Pennsylvania).

Index.

Deborah Schiffrin is Professor of Linguistics atGeorgetown University. Major publications include DiscourseMarkers (1987), Approaches to Discourse (Blackwell1994), and Language, Text and Interaction(forthcoming).

Deborah Tannen is University Professor and Professor ofLinguistics in the Department of Linguistics at GeorgetownUniversity. Her books include Gender & Discourse (1994),Talking Voices (1989), Conversational Style (1984),The Argument Culture (1999) and You Just Don′tUnderstand (1990). Her newest book is I Only Say ThisBecause I Love You (2001).

Heidi Hamilton is Associate Professor of Linguistics atGeorgetown University.She is author of Conversations with anAlzheimer′s Patient (1994), and Discourse Analysis AcrossDisciplines (forthcoming), and editor of Language andCommunication in Old Age (1999).

"(T)he handbook with be a valuable source of information andinspiration for further research in discourse analysis in thecontext of modern language studies and in linguistics in general."The Modern Language Journal

"These are success stories that are bound to encourageresearchers from various disciplinary backgrounds and nationaltraditions to turn to discourse analysis as a viable methodologicaland theoretical framework." Social Anthropology