Working with Written Discourse
- Deborah Cameron - University of Oxford, UK
- Ivan Panovic - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami, Carleton University
"Comprehensive and up-to-the-minute in its discussion of areas like multimodality and the new media, without overlooking ‘older’ media and more conventional writing. I will recommend it highly to students at all levels."
- Dr Mark Sebba, Lancaster University
Addressing the practicalities of research, and embracing the complexity and variety of written forms of language, this book:
- grounds readers in a broad range of concepts, debates and relevant methods
- focuses on both theoretical questions and the ‘how to’ of analysis
- is loaded with practical activities and advice on the design and execution of research
- highlights computer-mediated communication and new media discourse, from text messages and tweets to mobile phone novels and online encyclopedias
- draws on data from international and multilingual communities.
The perfect companion to Deborah Cameron's best-selling Working with Spoken Discourse, this book equips readers with practical and conceptual tools to ask questions about written discourse, and to analyse the huge variety of texts that make up our linguistic landscape. It is the essential guide for students of discourse analysis in linguistics, media and communication studies, and for social researchers across the social sciences.
This book provides instrumental knowledge in the use of discourse analysis methods, which are the main focus of one of the subjects I teach (Discoursive Practices).
This book is a useful complement to "Researching spoken discourse" published earlier. In an educational context where access to spoken data in the English language is limited, written texts provide a great data source for student projects. In such cases, the adopted book, particularly itsApproaches chapter, offer a good overview of suggestions of how to approach data, and the view is not only versatile but constructively critical. The texts provided to exemplify methods are always valuable to the teacher who may at times be short of appealing examples.
This book provides a clear overview of discourse analysis from a variety of perspectives. While opted for a collection of chapters and articles for my course on Theory of Discourse last year, I did request that the library order this book and I will likely use it in the future.
Clear and accessible guidance to discourse analysis. Useful methodological text for our level 5 module. will be ordering for library and adding to reading lists
An ideal text for undergraduate researchers looking to get to grips with discourse analysis.
Clear and accessible introduction. Full of useful examples and exercises. Popular with my students.
Students have found the book a bit difficult to follow.
“Working with Written Discourse” provides a clearly written introduction to the various ways to analyse discourse and visual communication in modern society. The fundamentals of analysing texts are clearly outlined and up-to-date references to on-line material are a great resource for students. Furthermore, each chapter contains activities for students and recommended readings. Although the book is mainly aimed at students of linguistics, it provides a solid framework for those of other disciplines. The final chapter discusses how to design a research project and would be of great assistance to undergraduate students. I would recommend this book for classes that explore the analysis of discourses in the modern era of digital discourses.
A potentially useful if dense introduction to this topic.
Excellent book, recommended to MPhils and PhDs working on dissertations that relate to discourse analysis.
