An Applied Linguistic Approach to Discourse Analysis

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: Applied Linguistic Approaches. 2. The scope and application of grammar. 3. Extending the scope: De-standardization. 4. Extending the scope: Contextualization. 5. Extending the scope: Semantics and pragmatics. 6. Linguistic signification and Rhetorical value. 7. Illocutionary acts in discourse. 8. The rhetorical function of transformational rules. 9. Theoretical perspectives. 10. Pedagogic application. Bibliography.

Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken or signed language use. It is the branch of linguistics that deals with the study and application of approaches to analyse written, spoken or signed language. In this book all elements of linguistics relations with discourse analysis are dealt with very objectively. The original aim in undertaking this book was to provide a characterization of a specified area of scientific English which would serve as a basis for the preparation of teaching materials for people learning English as a service subject for the furtherance of their scientific studies. Such an aim seemed to fall neatly within the scope of applied linguistics since it was directed towards meeting an existing pedagogic need on the one hand, and on the other involved the application of an existing model of grammatical description which had already been used for the kind of textual analysis.(jacket)