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  • Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction

    A Study of News Discourse

    by Ron Scollon ...
    Series series Language In Social Life
    Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction makes an explicit link between media studies and social interactionalist discursive research where previously the two fields of study have been treated as separate disciplines.This text presents an integrated theory illustrated by ample concrete examples, bringing together the latest research in these two fields. It offers a critique to the sender-receiver ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Discourses in Place

    Language in the Material World

    by Ron Scollon, Suzie Wong Scollon ...
    Discourses in Place is essential reading for anyone with an interest in language and the way we communicate. Written by leaders in the field, this text argues that we can only interpret the meaning of public texts like road signs, notices and brand logos by considering the social and physical world that surrounds them. Drawing on a wide range of real examples, from signs in the Chinese mountains, ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Mediated Discourse

    The nexus of practice

    by Ron Scollon ...
    Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice sets out a discursive theory of human action.Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how they are related. Mediated Discourse Theory looks into social relationships to see how the use of language is both a form of action in itself and is also indirectly related to all other forms of human action.Through the empirical ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Intercultural Communication

    A Discourse Approach

    by Ron Scollon, Suzanne Wong Scollon, Rodney H. Jones ...
    Series series Language in Society
    This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource.Features new original ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

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  • Institutional Ethnography

    A Sociology for People

    by Dorothy E. Smith ...
    Series series Gender Lens
    Prominent sociologist Dorothy Smith outlines a method of inquiry that uses everyday experience as a lens to examine social relations and social institutions. Concerned with articulating an inclusive sociology that goes beyond looking at a particular group of people from the detached viewpoint of the researcher, this is a method of inquiry for people, incorporating the expert's research and ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis

    by Dvora Yanow ...
    Series series Qualitative Research Methods
    This book in the QRM series is designed for a wide variety of research methods courses taught in various departments. It will be of most interest to those in Public Policy, Political Science, and Public Administration departments, but will also be of interest to researchers in Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Education departments, among others. The book fills a gap in the traditional ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Non-native Educators in English Language Teaching

    Edited by George Braine ...
    The place of native and non-native speakers in the role of English teachers has probably been an issue ever since English was taught internationally. Although ESL and EFL literature is awash, in fact dependent upon, the scrutiny of non-native learners, interest in non-native academics and teachers is fairly new. Until recently, the voices of non-native speakers articulating their own concerns have ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Student Essentials: Critical Thinking

    by Debra Hills ...
    Student Essentials: Critical Thinking – in one hour helps you master the essentials of this core study skill in just 60 minutes. If you are studying for an undergraduate degree at university, critical thinking and analysis is imperative when studying and can often be the difference between an acceptable grade and a great grade. This book will help you develop the key essentials of this crucial ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Discourse: The Basics

    by Angela Goddard, Neil Carey ...
    Series series The Basics
    Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Fieldwork Is Not What It Used to Be

    Learning Anthropology's Method in a Time of Transition

    Edited by James D. Faubion, George E. Marcus ...
    Over the past two decades anthropologists have been challenged to rethink the nature of ethnographic research, the meaning of fieldwork, and the role of ethnographers. Ethnographic fieldwork has cultural, social, and political ramifications that have been much discussed and acted upon, but the training of ethnographers still follows a very traditional pattern; this volume engages and takes its ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Critical Academic Writing and Multilingual Students

    by A. Suresh Canagarajah ...
    Series series The Michigan Series on Teaching Multilingual Writers
    The critical approach to L2 writing is arguably one of the most significant recent developments in L2 writing pedagogy. A. Suresh Canagarajah provides a thorough discussion of this topic in Critical Academic Writing and Multilingual Students.This volume facilitates teacher self-reflection and enables readers to better understand the motivations and pedagogical implications--especially for L2 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Cultures in Organizations

    Three Perspectives

    by Joanne Martin ...
    Despite the surge of interest over the last decade in cultural phenomena in organizations, researchers of widely differing disciplinary backgrounds, epistemologies, methodological preferences, and political ideologies continue to disagree about fundamental issues--with good reason. Consolidating a diverse array of theoretical and empirical studies into an analytical framework that clarifies and ... Read more

    $93.59 USD