Description: What is Discourse Analysis? provides an accessible introduction and practical guide to discourse analysis in the social sciences and related disciplines. It traces the role of discourse analysis from daily social interactions to how it can be successfully applied to research projects.
Brief description: Stephanie Taylor is Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open Unviersity. In her current post she has produced and presented popular undergraduate and postgraduate modules on social sciences, social psychology and research methods, including ethnography and discourse analysis. Her own research, on identity and processes of identification and subjectification, is interdisciplinary, with a strong focus on methodology. Her most recent books are Narratives of Identity and Place (2009) and the two introductory texts Making Social Lives and Exploring Social Lives, co-edited with S.Hinchliffe, J.Clarke and S. Bromley (2009).
Review Quotes: "[This book] offers a coherent and wide-ranging introduction to the major developments in discourse analysis, from the very beginning to the present day ... Detailed, coherent and accessible ... an excellent resource, particularly for postgraduate students who want to pursue discourse analysis further." --Yijin Wu and Wen Ma, Shandong University, P. R. China, Discourse Studies