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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958884103321

Autore

Van Leeuwen Theo <1947->

Titolo

Discourse and practice : new tools for critical discourse analysis / / Theo van Leeuwen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-988661-X

0-19-804346-5

0-19-532331-9

1-281-85179-5

1-4356-4229-5

9786611851798

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford studies in sociolinguistics

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Critical discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Discourse as the Recontextualization of Social Practice -- 2. Representing Social Actors -- 3. Representing Social Action -- 4. Time in Discourse -- 5. Space in Discourse -- 6. The Discursive Construction of Legitimation -- 7. The Discursive Construction of Purpose -- 8. The Visual Representation of Social Actors -- 9. Representing Social Actors with Toys -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a new theory of discourse, this book argues that our understanding of texts ultimately rests on our practices and on what we do. It will be welcomed by students and researchers looking for a form of discourse analysis that is explicit and methodical as well as socially and critically relevant.