Text, context, and pretext : critical issues in discourse analysis / H. G. Widdowson.
"This examination of the relations between grammar, text and discourse is designed to provoke genuinely critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined." "The result is a volume that makes explicit the distinctions between t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2004.
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| Series: | Language in society (Oxford, England) ;
35. |
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| Summary: | "This examination of the relations between grammar, text and discourse is designed to provoke genuinely critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined." "The result is a volume that makes explicit the distinctions between the key concepts of text and discourse, and between context, co-text and pretext. It shows how these are related and can provide a theoretical frame of reference for the critical evaluation of current issues in discourse analysis."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 185 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0631234519 9780631234517 0631234527 9780631234524 |