Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Discourse analysis is the study of how communication - spoken and written - is structured so that it is socially appropriate and linguistically accurate. This book gives practical experience in analyzing discourse. It includes analysis of spoken language - conversations, classroom interactions, speech events, and scripts - and written language - from formal rhetorical structures of composition to the informal style of personal letters. Because the organization of discourse differs across languages, example data are drawn from native speakers and language learners of all ages, backgrounds, and proficiency levels. Thus, Discourse and Language Education will be of great interest to teachers of ESL/EFL, foreign language teachers, and special education teachers, especially those working with the hearing impaired." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Practice Exercises

Preface

Introduction

1. Communication theory: system constraints and conversational analysis
System constraints
Conclusion
Research and application
References

2. Communication theory: ritual constraints
Ritual constraints and system constraints
Social competence and face
Conclusion Research and application
References

3. Scripts and communication theory
The script
The classroom script
Scripts and memory
Conclusion
Research and application
References

4. Speech acts and speech events
Speech acts
Speech act functions and subfunctions
Speech act analysis
Speech events
Speech event analysis
Research and application
References

5. Rhetorical analysis
Genres
Text structure theory
Connections between analyses
Conclusion
Research and application
References

6. Coherence, cohesion, deixis, and discourse
Cohesion and deixis
Cohesive devices
Conclusion
Research and application
References

7. Discourse mode and syntax
Features of planned and unplanned language
Features of involvement and detachment
Identifying BICS versus CALP
Conclusion
Research and application
References

8. Pragmatics, prosody, and contextual analysis

Pragmatics Contextual analysis
Prosody and context
Research and application
References

9. Layers of discourse analysis
Linguistic and cognitive templates
Linguistic and cognitive processes
Social, linguistic, and cognitive processes
Discourse as a social and cognitive enterprise
Review and application
Conclusion
References

Appendix

Index