`For those already familiar with discursive work it will be a joy - Edwards writes with enormous clarity and insight. For psychologists whose work involves an understanding of ...

This work presents landmark research concerning the vital dynamics of childhood psychological development. It's origin can be traced to the late 1970s, when several ...

Introduction to Discourse Studies follows on Jan Renkema?s successful Discourse Studies: An Introductory Textbook (1993), published in four languages. This new book deals with ...

Discourse Studies is the largest, most complete, most diverse and only multidisciplinary introduction to the field. A combined Second Edition of two seminal texts in the field ...

This introductory text explains the use of critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a research methodology. Beginning with an explanation of the key words and theories behind CDA ...

Accessible overview of Vygotksy's work combining reprints of key journal and text articles with editorial commentary and suggested further reading. Academics and students at ...

"This book's main objective is to expand discourse theory into the realm of the cultural, by focusing on specific discursive machines and mechanisms in the fields of the media ...

This book is for researchers and students interested in exploring how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. It draws on tools for discourse analysis ...