TY - BOOK ID - 15839807 TI - Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action AU - Candlin, Christopher N. AU - Crichton, Jonathan. AU - Moore, Stephen H. PY - 2017 SN - 1137315067 0230252699 0230252702 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Linguistics. KW - Applied linguistics. KW - Semantics. KW - Sociolinguistics. KW - Discourse analysis. KW - Pragmatics. KW - Applied Linguistics. KW - Discourse Analysis. KW - Speeches, addresses, etc. KW - Lectures and lecturing. KW - Addresses KW - Discourses KW - Lecturing KW - Speaking KW - Collected papers (Anthologies) KW - Orations KW - Papers, Collected (Anthologies) KW - Discourse grammar KW - Text grammar KW - Elocution KW - Public speaking KW - Rhetoric KW - Oratory KW - Festschriften KW - Lectures and lecturing KW - Semantics KW - Semiotics KW - Formal semantics KW - Semasiology KW - Semiology (Semantics) KW - Comparative linguistics KW - Information theory KW - Language and languages KW - Lexicology KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Pragmalinguistics KW - General semantics KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Semantics (Philosophy) KW - Language and society KW - Society and language KW - Sociology of language KW - Language and culture KW - Linguistics KW - Sociology KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) KW - Philosophy KW - Social aspects KW - Sociological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15839807 AB - This book combines an authoritative examination of the field of discourse-based research with practical guidance on research design and development. The book is not prescriptive but instead invites expansive, innovative thinking about what discourse is, why it matters to people at particular sites and how it can be investigated. The authors identify a set of questions that, they argue, are crucial for understanding discourse. Part I of the book explores the implications of these questions, providing a comprehensive survey of relevant scholars, theories, concepts and methodologies. Part II addresses these implications, setting out a multi-perspectival approach to resourcing and integrating micro and macro perspectives in the description, interpretation and explanation of data. Part III offers wide-ranging resources to support further reflection and future research. Ultimately, this book offers a new research approach for students, researchers and practitioners in Applied Linguistics to encourage and support research that can be truly impactful through its relevance to social and professional practice. ER -