| Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis Contributor(s): Widdowson, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631234519 ISBN-13: 9780631234517 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $135.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: This fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text and discourse is designed to provoke genuinely critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and explored. The enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since. What these are all centrally concerned with is the relationship between the analysis of the formal properties of text and the significance that is assigned to them in discourse interpretation. Widdowson explores this relationship and introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process. He also focuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in the light of the issues discussed. The result is a stimulating volume that makes explicit the distinctions between the key concepts of text and discourse, and between context, co-text and pretext. It shows how these are related and can provide a theoretical frame of reference for the critical evaluation of current issues in discourse analysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 401.41 |
| LCCN: 2004016920 |
| Series: Language in Society |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.6" W x 9.14" (1.02 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined.
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