Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expandingmultidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. Combining theory and practice itco... » 

Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expandingmultidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. Combining theory and practice itcovers a wide range of material in a lively and accessible style. It discussescurrent approaches concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse andprovides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and howto apply them to real data.Working with Spoken Discourse is divided into three sections. The first sectioncovers general issues the definition of discourse and uses of discourseanalysis the second section covers a series of approaches to discourseanalysis and the final section focuses on the applications of discourseanalysis in social research and designing and writing up projects. «