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John Benjamins Publishing Company is pleased to announce the publication
of the following book in the field of Discourse Studies:<br><br>
Introduction to Discourse Studies<br><br>
Jan Renkema <br>
University of Tilburg<br><br>
2004. x, 363 pp.<br><br>
U.S. and Canada: Cloth: 1 58811 529 1 / USD 138.00<br>
Everywhere else: Cloth: 90 272 2610 5 / EUR 115.00<br><br>
U.S. and Canada: Paper: 1 58811 530 5 / USD 42.95<br>
Everywhere else: Paper: 90 272 3221 0 / EUR 36.00<br><br>
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Introduction to Discourse Studies follows on Jan Renkema’s successful
Discourse Studies: An Introductory Textbook (1993), published in four
languages. This new book deals with even more key concepts in discourse
studies and approaches major issues in this field from the Anglo-American
and European as well as the Australian traditions. It provides a
‘scientific toolkit’ for future courses on discourse studies and serves
as a stepping stone to the independent study of professional literature.
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Introduction to Discourse Studies is the result of more than twenty-five
years of experience gained in doing research and teaching students,
professionals and academics at various universities. The book is
organized in fifteen comprehensive chapters, each subdivided in modular
sections that can be studied separately. It includes <br>
400 references, from the most-cited contemporary publications to
influential classic works; <br>
500 index entries covering frequently used concepts in the field; <br>
more than 100 thought-provoking questions, all elaborately answered,
which are ideal for teacher-supported self-education; <br>
nearly 100 assignments that provide ample material for teachers to focus
on specific topics of their own preference in their lectures.<br><br>
Jan Renkema is a member of the Discourse Studies Group at Tilburg
University, The Netherlands, where he also holds the Chair in Effective
Language Use. He is general editor of IDJ + DD (Information Design
Journal + Document Design). <br><br>
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Table of contents<br><br>
Acknowledgments <br>
ix <br>
1. Introduction <br>
1 <br>
Part I. General orientation <br>
2. Communication as action <br>
11 <br>
3. Discourse in communication <br>
35 <br>
Part II. Backpacking for a scientific journey <br>
4. Discourse types <br>
59 <br>
5. Structured content <br>
87 <br>
6. Discourse connections <br>
103 <br>
7. Contextual phenomena <br>
121 <br>
8. Style <br>
145 <br>
Part III. Special modes of communication <br>
9. Conversation analysis <br>
161 <br>
10. Informative discourse <br>
175 <br>
11. Narratives <br>
191 <br>
12. Argumentation and persuasion <br>
203 <br>
Part IV. Special interests <br>
13. Discourse and cognition <br>
221 <br>
14. Discourse and institution <br>
253 <br>
15. Discourse and culture <br>
279 <br>
Key to the questions <br>
299 <br>
References <br>
339 <br>
Index <br>
357 <br><br>
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