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Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Isssues in Discourse Analysis

By H. G. Widdowson

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2004
ISBN
0631234519, 9780631234517, 0631234527
LCC
P302 .W533 2004
Open Library ID
OL22599518M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
483 kB (494107 bytes)
Series
Language in Society
Pages
198\198
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

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. Written by a leading researcher in the field Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since Introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process Focuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed

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