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Discourse Analysis

The Questions Discourse Analysts Ask and How They Answer Them
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260 Seiten
2026 | 2nd edition
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Discourse Analysis: The Questions Discourse Analysts Ask and How They Answer Them explores how discourse is structured, performs social actions, builds identities, and navigates ideologies. Includes real analyses with definitions and tasks. New edition covers digital content with practical guidance. Perfect for beginners.
Now fully revised, Discourse Analysis: The Questions Discourse Analysts Ask and How They Answer Them, remains the only introductory text organized around the fundamental questions that drive discourse analysis research. This approach cultivates a principled understanding of this interdisciplinary field by examining how analysts of different empirical persuasions systematically address core issues:



How is discourse structured?
How are social actions accomplished in discourse?
How are identities constructed in discourse?
How are ideologies navigated in discourse?

The answer to each question is illustrated with transcripts and analyses of actual discourse drawn from key studies in the field. Important concepts appear as boxed definitions throughout each chapter, while probing questions and analytical tasks guide readers through practical applications of discourse analysis methods.

This second edition features reconceptualized, reorganized, and expanded content, with significant updates addressing analyses of multimodal texts in digital environments. A new final chapter offers practical guidance for using the book and showcases exemplary student work.

With its unique question-based framework and range of helpful features, this comprehensive guide to the complex world of discourse is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students encountering discourse analysis for the first time.

Hansun Zhang Waring is Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Teachers College, Columbia University (USA) and founder of The Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI). She is the co-author of Storytelling in Multilingual Interaction (Routledge 2021) and Conversation and Analysis and Second Language Pedagogy (Routledge 2020), as well as being the author of Theorizing Pedagogical Interactions: Insights from Conversation Analysis (Routledge 2017).

1st EDITION PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2nd EDITION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PART ONE

Chapter One: Overview of Discourse Analysis



Introduction
Aim of the Book
Origins of Discourse Analysis
Discourse and Discourse Analysis


Defining Discourse
Defining Discourse Analysis


Questions and Sample Analyses


How Is Discourse Structured?
How are Social Actions Accomplished in Discourse?
How are Identities Constructed in Discourse?
How are Ideologies Navigated in Discourse?


Approaches and Transcription
Applications of Discourse Analysis
Overview of the Book
Key Points
References

PART TWO: DISCOURSE AND STRUCTURE

Chapter Two: Classics in Discourse and Structure



Introduction
Structure of Talk


Narrative (Labov)
Conversation (Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson)
Classroom Interaction (Sinclair & Coulthard; Lemke)


Structure of Text


Macrostructure (van Dijk)
Theme and Rheme (McCarthy)
Cohesive Devices (Halliday & Hasan)


Structure of Visible Conduct


Gaze (Kendon)
Gesture (McNeal)
Body Movement (Goodwin)


Key Points
References

Chapter Three: Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Structure



Introduction
Grammar


Tense Variation to Structure Narratives
Grammatical Units to Organize Interaction


Genre


Doing Genre Analysis
Variations of Genre


Multimodality


Compositions of Multimodal Texts
Grammar-Body Interface
Preference for Self-registering in Video Call Openings


Approaches to Discourse and Structure
Key Points
References

PART THREE: DISCOURSE AND SOCIAL ACTION

Chapter Four: Classics in Discourse and Social Action



Introduction
Doing Things with Words


Language Games (Wittgenstein)
Speech Act Theory (Austin and Searle)
Signaling Meaning with Implicatures, Cues, and Frames


Implicature (Grice)
Contextualization Cues (Gumperz)
Frame (Bateson, Goffman, and Tannen)




Key Points
References

Chapter Five: Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Social Action



Introduction
Begin with Conduct


Repetition in Conversation
Lexical Items
Gaze, Gesture, and Body Movement


Begin with Action


Balancing Work and Play
Managing the Nongranting of Requests
Achieving Consensus
Conducting Multiactivity
Doing things in the Digital Space


Approaches to Discourse and Social Action
Key Points
References

PART FOUR: DISCOURSE AND IDENTITY

Chapter Six: Classics in Discourse and Identity



Introduction
Universal Identities


Face and Facework (Goffman)
Face-threatening Act and Politeness (Brown and Levinson)


Social Identities


Membership Categorization (Sacks)
Performed Social Identity and Co-membership (Erickson)
Social Act and Stance (Ochs)
Negotiability of Social Identities (Zimmerman)


Interactional Identities


Footing, Alignment, and Participation Framework (Goffman)
Positioning Theory (Davies & Harré)
Relationality Principle (Bucholtz & Hall)


Pyramid of Identities in Discourse
Key Points
References

Chapter Seven: Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Identity



Introduction
Discourse and Personal Identities


Operative Identities
Responsible Urban Father
Gendered Identities


Discourse and Professional Identities


Novice Teacher
Fellow Physician
Academic
Politician


Discourse and Group Identities


Activist Leadership Group on Facebook
Scientists on Websites
Trinadadians on Facebook and TikTok


Approaches to Discourse and Identity
Key Points
References

PART FIVE: DISCOURSE AND IDEOLOGY

Chapter Eight: Classics in Discourse and Ideology



Introduction
Language and Thought


Linguistic Relativism (Sapir and Whorf)
Cognitive Metaphor (Lakoff and Johnson)


Theoretical Frameworks for Studying Discourse and Ideology


Critical Language Study (Fairclough)
Ideological Analysis (van Dijk)
Seven Building Tasks and Four Theoretical tools (Gee)
Five Discursive Strategies (Wodak)


Critical Discourse Analysis
Key Points
References

Chapter Nine: Empirical Endeavors in Discourse and Ideology



Introduction
(Re)producing Ideologies


(Re)producing Sexism
(Re)producing Racism
(Re)producing Linguicism


Resisting Ideologies


Resisting Sexism
Resisting Racism
Resisting Linguicism


Approaches to Discourse and Ideology
Key Points
References

PART SIX: CONCLUSION

Chapter Ten: Coda

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.3.2026
Zusatzinfo 16 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, color; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, color; 5 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
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ISBN-10 1-032-82672-X / 103282672X
ISBN-13 978-1-032-82672-1 / 9781032826721
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