话语分析作为一门研究语言使用的学科，在理论上“博采众学科之精华”，在应用范围上，话语分析的对象也可谓“包罗语言之万象”，至今已有五十多年的发展历史。

本书是在广泛收集语料的基础上，在这一领域现有的研究成果的基础上，力图进行实例分析方面的补充。全书分两大部分：第一部分为理论论述，第二部分为实例分析，共分五章。

前言

Part One Discourse Analysis Theory

 Chapter 1 An Introduction to Discourse AnaIysis

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Definition of discourse

1.2 Discourse analysis: its definition and development

1.3 “Text”, “context” and “discourse”

1.4 An understanding of DA as a discipline

1.5 Conversation analysis and conversational principles

 1.5.1 Conversation analysis

 1.5.2 Conversational principles

1.6 Eclecticism in discourse analysis

1.7 DA and pragmatics

 Chapter 2 Methodology of Discourse Analysis

2.0 Introduction

2.1 Methods of doing discourse analysis

 2.1.1 Structural discourse analysis

 2.1.2 Socio-cultural discourse analysis

 2.1.3 Cognitive discourse analysis

 2.1.4 Critical discourse analysis

 2.1.5 Integrated discourse analysis

2.2 Understanding the methods

 2.2.1 In terms of focus

 2.2.2 In terms of aim

 2.2.3 In terms of technique

2.3 Summary

 Chapter 3 Theoretical Thoughts about Discourse

3.0 Introduction

3.1 Speech act theory

3.2 Cooperative principle theory

3.3 Face and politeness principle theory

3.4 Relevance theory

3.5 The study of stylistic variation and registers

3.6 Schema theory

 3.6.1 The terminology of schema theory

 3.6.2 Evidence for schemata

 3.6.3 The origins of schema theory

3.7 Post-structuralist theory about discourse

 3.7.1 Michel Foucault's thoughts about discourse

 3.7.2 M.M. Bakhtin's dialogic view on discourse

3.8 Genre theories

 3.8.1 The problem of definition

 3.8.2 Definitions in applied linguistics

 3.8.3 Systems of genre studies

3.9 Summary

 Chapter 4 Discourse Analysis and Second Language Teaching.

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Application of discourse analysis to grammar teaching

4.2 Application of discourse analysis to vocabulary teaching

4.3 Application of discourse analysis to text interpretation teaching

 4.3.1 Top-down and bottom-up text processing

 4.3.2 Types of text

 4.3.3 Patterns in text

4.4 Application of discourse analysis to conversational interaction

 teaching

4.5 Summary

Part Two Cases Analysis

 Chapter 5 Discourse Types

5.0 Introduction

5.1 News discourse analysis

 5.1.1 Vocabulary analysis

 5.1.2 Word features

 5.1.3 Syntactical analysis

5.2 Public discourse analysis

 5.2.1 Modal verb analysis

 5.2.2 Analysis of pronoun

5.3 Advertising discourse analysis

 5.3.1 Lexical features

 5.3.2 Syntactic features in advertising discourse

 5.3.3 Rhetorical features in advertising discourse

5.4 Diplomatic discourse analysis

 5.4.1 Forms of achieving vagueness in diplomatic discourse

 5.4.2 Functions of vagueness in diplomatic discourse

5.5 Teacher-student discourse analysis

 5.5.1 Elements of structure in classroom interaction

 5.5.2 Classes of acts

 5.5.3 Classes of moves

 5.5.4 Classes of exchanges

5.6 Humorous discourse analysis

 5.6.1 Remarkable characteristics of humor

 5.6.2 Cooperative principle and humor

 5.6.3 Speech act and humor

5.7 Network discourse analysis

 5.7.1 Reasons for the formation of network discourse

 5.7.2 Development of network discourse

 5.7.3 Classifications of network vocabulary

 5.7.4 Characteristics of network discourse

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