approaches to text analysis

Wendy Smith wsmith at csusb.edu
Tue Jan 4 03:11:03 UTC 2011


Hi Cece,
   Make sure you use the book by Hatch with Anne Lazarton as co-author. 
Wendy

On 1/3/2011 6:55 PM, Cecilia E. Ford wrote:
> Thank you. I have the Hatch book and can use it right off the shelf. From what I can recall, it is better than Salkie because it goes into verb forms and clause constrution, not just cohesive devices. It covers written and spoken language, but I think it has parts that are primarily about writing.
> great!
> Ceci
>
> On 01/03/11, Johanna Rubba<jrubba at calpoly.edu>  wrote:
>
>> Here is a rather basic one by Raphael Salkie:
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>> http://www.amazon.com/Text-Discourse-Analysis-Language-Workbooks/dp/0415092787
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>> This is also worth a look. It's intended for language education (ESL, particularly), but I think you'll find it very rich. Evelyn Hatch:
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>> http://www.amazon.com/Discourse-Language-Education-Cambridge-Teaching/dp/0521426057/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294109083&sr=1-1
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>> On Jan 3, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Cecilia E. Ford wrote:
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>> I teach a regular course on grammar in use, centering on language in interaction. I would like to include some coverage of analyzing written text and am interested in suggestions of approaches that would work for a mixed graduate/undergraduate class.  Any suggestions on textbooks, articles, chapters, introductory essays or the like?
>> thanks,Ceci
>> -- 
>> Cecilia E. Ford
>> Nancy C. Hoefs Professor of English
>> Professor of Sociology
>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>>
>> UW Interaction Interest Group (UWIIG):   http://uwiig.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Ford website:   http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~ceford/
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>> Be GREEN, keep it on the SCREEN
>>
>> Dr. Johanna Rubba, Professor, Linguistics
>> Linguistics Minor Advisor
>> English Department
>> California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
>> E-mail: jrubba at calpoly.edu
>> Tel.: 805.756.2184
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