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An Introduction to Discourse Analysis (Applied Linguistics and Language Study) [Paperback]

Malcolm Coulthard (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0582553792 | ISBN-13: 978-0582553798 | Publication Date: January 1989 | Edition: 2nd

The central concern of this book is the analysis of verbal interaction or discourse. This first six chapters report and evaluate major theoretical advances in the description of discourse. The final chapters demonstrate how the findings of discourse analysis can be used to investigate second-language teaching and first-language acquisition and to analyse literary texts.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company; 2nd edition (January 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0582553792
ISBN-13: 978-0582553798
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,268,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
misapprehension sequence, informing moves, eliciting exchanges, tonic segment, primitive speech acts, intonation choices, termination choice, high termination, existential paradigm, communicative syllabus, mid key, tone unit, first pair part, second pair part

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American English, Reporting Events

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