1st Edition

Supportive Conversations on Facebook Timelines Discourse Topic Management

80 Pages
by Routledge

78 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

78 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The emergence of social networking sites, like Facebook, and people’s engagement with one another through them is a relatively under-researched area for discourse analysis. The content of the book revolves around Discourse Topic Management which is under the theme of Discourse Analysis. It is written to extend the very limited literature in the area of Discourse Topic, especially for the... Read more

Lists of figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Discourse topic: towards understanding topical actions on Timelines; Chapter 2 Introducing a topic: sample analysis of introducing a topic; Chapter 3 Continuing a topic: sample analysis of continuing a topic; Chapter 4 Changing a topic: sample analysis of changing a topic; Chapter 5 Digressing from a topic: sample analysis of digressing from a topic; Chapter 6 Shifting a topic: sample analysis of shifting a topic; Chapter 7 Closing a topic: sample analysis of closing a topic; Index

Biography

Radzuwan Ab. Rashid is Deputy Dean of Research and Development in the Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia.



Kamariah Yunus is Senior Lecturer at the Centre of English Language Studies, Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia.



Zanirah Wahab is Lecturer at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia.