The fourteen contributions in this collection come from different approaches in pragmatics, interactional linguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis

This edited volume showcases new work on discourse analysis by big names in the field and promising early-career researchers. Arising from the latest in the ser

Why do engineers "report" while philosophers "argue" and biologists "describe"? In the Michigan Classics Edition of Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions

Although Chinese is one of the most thoroughly studied languages in pragmatics, and has a pivotal role in intercultural communication studies because of the inc

The second volume of this introduction to discourse studies focuses on the fundamental interactional, social, political and cultural functions of text and talk,