Introduction. 1. Discourse: History and Meanings 2. Sociocognitive Approaches 3. Discourse and Action 4. Discourse, Repertoires and Out-there-ness 5. Rhetoric and Ideological Dilemmas 6. Psychosocial Studies and Critical Psychology 7. Analysis 8. Conclusion. Weblinks. Bibliography
Biography
Saumya Sharma is Assistant Professor (Linguistics) at the English and Foreign Languages University, Lucknow Campus, India. She was a guest faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for a year, where she taught a course on composition and communication skills. Her research interests include examining the discourse-psychology interface, particularly gender issues, vocabulary teaching, and critical pedagogy. She has published in the areas of English-language teaching, stylistics, and critical discourse analysis. Some of her recent publications include Language, Gender and Ideology: Constructions of Femininity for Marriage (Routledge, 2018) and Common Errors in Everyday English (2017).
