Laura Alba Juez

Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice provides the student/reader with the basic theoretical knowledge and the empirical tools of some of the most relevant approaches to the analysis of discourse.It has been mainly conceived of as a general (university) course on Discourse Analysis, but it can also be useful for any person or group whose main concern is to acquire the basic necessary knowledge and skills for analyzing any type of discourse. The subject matter of the book could not only be of use for linguists or prospective linguists: given its interdisciplinary character, its findings can be (and in fact are) used and applied by practitioners and scholars from different fields, such as sociology, psychology, medical science, computer science, and so on.Thus the book can be used by any person who, having certain linguistic knowledge, is interested in exploring the fascinating world of discourse.All the chapters contain both a theoretical and an empirical section, the latter containing examples of analysis, as well as exercises (Practice) and self-evaluation questions, whose answers can be found at the end of the book (in the Practice key and Key to self-evaluation questions sections).The book is divided into 12 chapters. The first two introduce basic information about discourse analysis and text linguistics, as well as the necessary techniques for gathering data, including a very brief introduction to corpus linguistics. Chapters 3-11 present and discuss some of the most prominent and well-known approaches to discourse analysis, namely Pragmatics, Interactional Sociolinguistics, Conversation Analysis, The Ethnography of Communication, Variation Analysis and Narrative Analysis, Functional Sentence Perspective, Post-Structuralist Theory and Social Theory, Critical Discourse Analysis and Positive Discourse Analysis, and Mediated Discourse Analysis. Finally, Chapter 12 deals with crucial and further issues, such as the type of discourse chosen for the analysis, the strategies and functions of discourse, or the problem of choosing an appropriate unit of analysis which will suit the aims of research.Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice may prove of value to all those who are professionally involved in the area of discourse and pragmatic studies, or simply to those who wish to acquire the necessary basic knowledge and techniques for analyzing any type of discourse, from medical, journalistic or political discourse to computer-mediated, humoristic, or hegemonic discourse (where the use and abuse of power is an important issue), just to name a few of the innumerable possibilities.A desirable and intended effect of this book is also the development of an open and tolerant mind, which will eventually lead to a better understanding of the different and varied manifestations of language, culture and communication in human society.

Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice provides the student/reader with the basic theoretical knowledge and the empirical tools of some of the most relevant approaches to the analysis of discourse.It has been mainly conceived of as a general (university) course on Discourse Analysis, but it can also be useful for any person or group whose main concern is to acquire the basic necessary knowledge and skills for analyzing any type of discourse. The subject matter of the book could not only be of use for linguists or prospective linguists: given its interdisciplinary character, its findings can be (and in fact are) used and applied by practitioners and scholars from different fields, such as sociology, psychology, medical science, computer science, and so on.Thus the book can be used by any person who, having certain linguistic knowledge, is interested in exploring the fascinating world of discourse. All the chapters contain both a theoretical and an empirical section, the latter containing examples of analysis, as well as exercises (Practice) and self-evaluation questions, whose answers can be found at the end of the book (in the Practice key and Key to self-evaluation questions sections).The book is divided into 12 chapters. The first two introduce basic information about discourse analysis and text linguistics, as well as the necessary techniques for gathering data, including a very brief introduction to corpus linguistics. Chapters 3-11 present and discuss some of the most prominent and well-known approaches to discourse analysis, namely Pragmatics, Interactional Sociolinguistics, Conversation Analysis, The Ethnography of Communication, Variation Analysis and Narrative Analysis, Functional Sentence Perspective, Post-Structuralist Theory and Social Theory, Critical Discourse Analysis and Positive Discourse Analysis, and Mediated Discourse Analysis. Finally, Chapter 12 deals with crucial and further issues, such as the type of discourse chosen for the analysis, the strategies and functions of discourse, or the problem of choosing an appropriate unit of analysis which will suit the aims of research.Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice may prove of value to all those who are professionally involved in the area of discourse and pragmatic studies, or simply to those who wish to acquire the necessary basic knowledge and techniques for analyzing any type of discourse, from medical, journalistic or political discourse to computer-mediated, humoristic, or hegemonic discourse (where the use and abuse of power is an important issue), just to name a few of the innumerable possibilities.A desirable and intended effect of this book is also the development of an open and tolerant mind, which will eventually lead to a better understanding of the different and varied manifestations of language, culture and communication in human society.

Este libro es un curso de lengua inglesa correspondiente a la primea parte del nivel B1 (MECRL). Su objetivo principal es proporcionar a los estudiantes el material necesario para la comprensión, adquisicion y aprendizaje de los principales aspectos, estrategias y funciones del lenguaje necesarios para alcanzar la competencia linguistica y comunicativa propia de dicho nivel. Si bien se ha diseñado para el grado en Estudios Ingleses, puede ser util a cualquier persona cuyo objetivo sea alcanzar el nivel B1 del MCERL. Es recomendable para estudiantes cuya lengua materna es el español, ya que los ejercicios y material han sido diseñados pedagogicamente, teniendo en cuenta los problemas especificos de los hablantes hispanos.

La presenta obra está concebida como una gramática de apoyo a los ejercicios de las Unidades Didácticas del Curso de Lengua Inglesa del programa de Filología Hispánica de la UNED.Al igual que en dicho libro de ejercicios, la primera parte de cada capitulo (Word Formation) trata aspectos morfologicos, y la segunda (Language Points) esta principalmente dedicada a la sintaxis. Se dan explicaciones simples y precisas, acompañadas de ejemplos graficos, de comentarios sobre el uso de la lengua inglesa.

Este libro es un curso de lengua inglesa correspondiente a la segunda parte del nivel B1 (MECRL). Su objetivo principal es proporcionar a los estudiantes el material necesario para la comprensión, adquisicion y aprendizaje de los principales aspectos, estrategias y funciones del lenguaje necesarios para alcanzar la competencia linguistica y comunicativa propia de dicho nivel. Si bien se ha diseñado para el grado en Estudios Ingleses, puede ser util a cualquier persona cuyo objetivo sea alcanzar el nivel B1 del MCERL. Es recomendable para estudiantes cuya lengua materna es el español, ya que los ejercicios y material han sido diseñados pedagogicamente, teniendo en cuenta los problemas especificos de los hablantes hispanos.

La presente obra está concebida como una gramática de apoyo a los ejercicios de la Unidades Didácticas del curso de Lengua Inglesa I de la titulación de Filología Inglesa de la UNED. Todos los capítulos de esta gramatica se han planeado cuidadosamente de manera que acompañen a los capitulos en el libro de ejercicios. Asi, para todos y cada uno de los ejercicios de Word Formation y Language Points del libro base, se encuentra la explicacion de los puntos gramaticales correspondientes en este Grammar Companion.

Mª Teresa GIBERT MACEDA Laura ALBA JUEZ Contiene cuarenta artículos científicos escritos por profesores del área de Filología Inglesa pertenecientes a varias universidades que han querido homenajear a la Dra. Asuncion Alba Pelayo, catedratica de Filologia Inglesa y actual profesora emerita de la UNED. Estos ensayos se agrupan en cuatro secciones: Linguistica y didactica del ingles; Literatura en lengua inglesa; Traduccion; Historia y cultura de los paises de habla inglesa.

Obra dirigida al estudioso de la lengua que desee adentrarse en los aspectos de la pragmática de la lengua inglesa. Mercado principal: estudiantes del Grado de Estudios Ingleses: Lengua, Literatura y