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Article: The Discourse Reader.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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The Discourse Reader. Ed. by ADAM JAWORKSI and NIKOLAS COUPLAND. London and New York: Routledge. 1999. xvi + 602 pp. 19.99 [pounds sterling].
An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method. By JAMES PAUL GEE. London and New York: Routledge. 1999. viii + 176 pp. 14.99 [pounds sterling].
The interdisciplinarity of discourse studies is widely accepted, but few publications seem to provide, as The Discourse Reader does, a single-volume resource for those working in the many different fields concerned with discourse. Though designed as a sourcebook for students from introductory undergraduate level upwards, this is a text that should be equally useful to ...