Discourse in action : : introducing mediated discourse analysis / / edited by Sigrid Norris, Rodney H. Jones.

From emails relating to adoption over the Internet to discussions in the airline cockpit, the spoken or written texts we produce can have significant social consequences. The area of Mediated Discourse Analysis considers texts in their social and cultural contexts to explore the actions individuals...

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Place / Publishing House:[Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2005.
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Mediated Dscourse Analysis
  • 2. The Rhythmic Integration of Action and Discourse
  • 3. Mediating Discourses of Transnational Adoption on the Internet
  • 4. The Social Construction of Sacred Speech
  • 5. Discursive Activity Along Life Traversals
  • 6. Identity Construction and Power
  • 7. The Role of Situation Definitions and Hybrid Activity Spaces in Learning
  • 8. Semiotics as Resource
  • 9. Agency Distributed through Time, Space and Tools
  • 10. Talk-in-interaction and the Sequential Organization of Completed Actions in the Airline Cockpit
  • 11. From Anticipation to Performance: Time as semiosis
  • 12. Achieving Contextualization through Multimodal Engagement
  • 13. Time, Space and Culture in Electronic Discourse
  • 14. Theoretical Elucidations on Vygotsky and Mediated Discourse Analysis
  • 15. Issues for and New Direction in Mediated Discourse Analysis.