Dec 10
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Discourse Studies Reader
Subtitle: Essential Excerpts
Series Title: Bloomsbury Discourse
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discourse-studies-reader-9781441179821/
Editor: Ken Hyland
Electronic: ISBN: 9781441172693 Pages: 360 Price: U.K. £ 19.99 Comment: EPUB
Electronic: ISBN: 9781441192653 Pages: 360 Price: U.K. £ 19.99 Comment: PDF
Hardback: ISBN: 9781441179821 Pages: 360 Price: U.K. £ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9781441154972 Pages: 360 Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Abstract:
Since 2005, the Continuum Discourse series, under the editorship of Professor Ken Hyland, has published some of the most cutting-edge work in the field of discourse analysis.This edited collection offers a showcase of the work produced by its authors and reads as fully-functional book in its own right. The work of Paul Baker, Frances Christie and Greg Myers features, amongst others.
With an introduction by Professor Hyland, the chapters are organized thematically to provide a look a research methods, examine at the various types of institutional discourses covered by the series, and finally, a look to arguably the future of the field – electronic discourses in an electronic medium, for example Twitter, SMS and Blogs.
This is an essential purchase for those involved in discourse analysis in any capacity.
Dec 10
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Studies of Laughter in Interaction
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/studies-of-laughter-in-interaction-9781441164797/
Editor: Phillip Glenn
Editor: Elizabeth Holt
Electronic: ISBN: 9781441183477 Pages: 312 Price: U.K. £ 74.99 Comment: PDF
Electronic: ISBN: 9781441162809 Pages: 312 Price: U.K. £ 74.99 Comment: EPUB
Hardback: ISBN: 9781441164797 Pages: 312 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Abstract:
Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute to unfolding sequences, social activities, identities, and relationships. In this revealing study leading experts investigate laughter in a range of different contexts and across a variety of languages. The research demonstrates that laughter is not simply a reaction to humour but is used in a fascinating array of different ways. Findings reported here include its use in clinics, employment interviews, news interviews, classrooms, the discourse of children with severe autism, and ordinary conversations. The acoustics of laughter and its relationship to movement, gaze and gesture are also explored. The volume brings together new and influential research into this phenomenon to present the state-of-the-art. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the study of interaction, conversation analysis, humour and laughter.
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