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<P><STRONG>Routledge English Language Introductions</STRONG> cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. </P> <P>Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained.</P> <P>Discourse Analysis:</P> <P></P> <UL> <LI>provides a comprehensive introuduction to discourse analysis</LI> <LI>presents explanations and descriptions of how meaning and unity is achieved in discourse, and how they may be applied to the practical study of linguistic communication</LI> <LI>covers both the traditional types of discourse analysis - from conversation analysis to genre analysis - and also the most recent approaches such as multimodal analysis and corpus analysis</LI> <LI>features key readings from leading figures in the field such as Hymes, Faiclough, Tannen and Jakobson</LI> <LI>is accompanied by a supporting website</LI></UL> <P>Incorporating examples from a wide variety of texts, Discourse Analysis provides an interactive and structured textbook that will be essentail reading for all students of English language and linguistics.</P>