Discourse Studies Reader

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Since 2005, the Continuum Discourse series, under theeditorship of Professor Ken Hyland, has published some of the most cutting-edgework in the field of discourse analysis.This edited collection offers a showcase ofthe work produced by its authors and reads as fully-functional book in its own right.The work of Paul Baker, Frances Christie and Greg Myers features, amongst others.With an introduction by Professor Hyland, the chapters areorganized thematically to provide a look a research methods, examine at thevarious types of institutional discourses covered by the series, and finally, alook to arguably the future of the field - electronic discourses in anelectronic medium, for example Twitter, SMS and Blogs.This is an essential purchase for those involved indiscourse analysis in any capacity.