2nd Edition

Discursive Acts Language, Signs, and Selves

By Robert Perinbanayagam Copyright 2011
264 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Language, Signs and Selves applies conversational analysis to the discourse of everyday life and its roles in social behavior. The explanation offered of the complex elements and processes of language use is theoretically and empirically grounded, synthesizing European post structuralist theory and semiotics with American pragmatist currents. This book parallels work done under other rubrics... Read more
Preface1 Prologue2 Discursive Processes and the Dialogic Self3 Acts of Discourse4 Acts of Interpretation5 The Dialectics of Discourse6 Forms of Discourse7 Emotions in Discourse8 Drama in DiscourseReferencesIndex

Biography

Robert Perinbanayagam