The Discourse studies reader

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Discourse Studies is an interdisciplinary field studying the social production of meaning across the entire spectrum of the social sciences and humanities. The Discourse Studies Reader brings together 40 key readings from discourse researchers in Europe and North America, some of which are now translated into English for the first time. Divided into seven sections – ‘Theoretical Inspirations: Structuralism versus Pragmatics’, ‘From Structuralism to Poststructuralism’, ‘Enunciative Pragmatics’, ‘Interactionism’, ‘Sociopragmatics’, ‘Historical Knowledge’ and ‘Critical Approaches’ – The Discourse Studies Reader offers a comprehensive overview of the main currents in discourse studies, both discourse theory and discourse analysis. With short introductions elaborating the broader context, the sections present key selections from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds by placing them into their respective epistemological traditions. The Discourse Studies Reader is an indispensable textbook for students and scholars alike who are interested in discourse theoretical questions and working with discourse analytical methods.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ix

The Discourse Studies Reader. An Introduction
Johannes Angermuller, Dominique Maingueneau and Ruth Wodak
1–14

1. THEORETICAL INSPIRATIONS: STRUCTURALISM VERSUS PRAGMATICS
   Introduction
   17–20
   Ferdinand de Saussure: The value of the sign
   21
   1959[1906-1911]. Course in General Linguistics, translated by Wade Baskin, selected 114–117, 120–122. New York: Philosophical Library
   Ferdinand de Saussure
   22–26
   Mikhail Bakhtin: Polyphonic discourse in the novel
   27
   1981[1934-1935]. ‘Discourse in the Novel’. In The Dialogic Imagination. Four Essays, 259–422, selected 261–265, 268–275. Austin: University of Texas Press
   Mikhail Bakhtin
   28–35
   Zellig S. Harris: Towards a distributionalist method
   36
2. Language, 28 (1): 1–30, selected 1–3, 29–30
   Zellig S. Harris
   37–40
   George Herbert Mead: Thought, communication, and the significant symbol
   41
3. Mind, Self, and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist, edited by Charles W. Morris. Chicago: University of Chicago, selected 68-75
   George Herbert Mead
   42–47
   Ludwig Wittgenstein: Communication as a language game
   48
   1997[1953]: Philosophische Untersuchungen / Philosophical Investigations, selected remarks (Bemerkungen) 1-6, 10, 11, 23-26, 29, 30, 43. Oxford: Blackwell
   Ludwig Wittgenstein
   49–53
   John L. Austin: Performing speech
   54
   1979[1961]. ‘The Meaning of a Word.’ In Philosophical Papers, 3rd edition, 55-75, selected 56–62, 72–75. Oxford: Oxford University Press
   John L. Austin
   55–59
   H. Paul Grice: Using language to mean something
   60
4. ‘Meaning.’ Philosophical Review 66: 377–388, presently published by Duke University Press
   H. Paul Grice
   61–68
5. FROM STRUCTURALISM TO POSTSTRUCTURALISM
   Introduction
   71–76
   Jacques Lacan: The divided subject
   77
   1970–1971. Seminar XVIII. On a discourse that might not be a semblance. selected 1–8. Online source, translated by Cormac Gallagher
   Jacques Lacan
   78–82
   Louis Althusser: The subjectivity effect of discourse
   83
   2003[1966]. ‘Three Notes on the Theory of Discourses.’ In The Humanist Controversy and Other Writings (1966-67), 33-84, selected 47–53. London, New York: Verso.
   Louis Althusser
   84–88
   Michel Pêcheux: From ideology to discourse
   89
6. ‘Mises au point et perspectives à propos de l’analyse automappptique du discours.’ Langages 37: 7–80, selected 7–16, 20–22. Anonymous translator
   Michel Pêcheux and Catherine Fuchs
   90–97
   Michel Foucault: An archaeology of discourse
   98
   2001[1968]. ‘Réponse à une question.’ In Dits et écrits, I, 701–723, selected 702–715. Paris: Gallimard. Anonymous translator.
   Michel Foucault
   99–110
   Stuart Hall: Encoding and decoding the message
   111
   1980[1973]. ‘Encoding, decoding.’ In Culture, Media, Language. Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-1979, ed. by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, 128-138. London: Routledge
   Stuart Hall
   112–121
   Ernesto Laclau: The impossibility of society
   122
7. ‘The Impossibility of Society.’ In New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time, 89–92. London, New York: Verso
   Ernesto Laclau
   123–126
   Judith Butler: Speaking to the postcolonial Other
   127
8. ‘Violence, Nonviolence. Sartre on Fanon.’ In Race after Sartre, ed. by Jonathan Judaken, 211–232, selected 211–215. Albany: SUNY Press
   Judith Butler
   128–132
9. ENUNCIATIVE PRAGMATICS
   Introduction
   135–139
   Émile Benveniste: The formal apparatus of enunciation
   140
10. ‘L’appareil formel de l’énonciation.’ Langages 17 (5): 12–18, selected 12–18. Anonymous translator.
    Émile Benveniste
    141–145
    Dominique Maingueneau: The scene of enunciation
    146
11. ‘La situation d’énonciation entre langue et discours.’ In Dix ans de S.D.U., edited by the Association des chercheurs en linguistique française, 197–209, selected 198–206. Craiova: Editura Universitaria Craiova
    Dominique Maingueneau
    147–154
    Jacqueline Authier-Revuz: Enunciative heterogeneity
    155
12. ‘Hétérogénéité(s) énonciative(s).’ Langages 73: 98-111, selected 99–107. Anonymous translator
    Jacqueline Authier-Revuz
    156–165
    Oswald Ducrot: Enunciative polyphony
    166
13. Le Dire et le dit. Paris, Minuit, selected 171, 189–192, 203–210. Anonymous translator
    Oswald Ducrot
    167–175
    Johannes Angermuller: Subject positions in polyphonic discourse
    176
14. Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
    Johannes Angermuller
    177–186
15. INTERACTIONISM
    Introduction
    189–193
    Harvey Sacks: Turn-taking in conversations
    194
    1992[1964]. ‘Lecture 1. Rules of Conversational Sequence.’ In Lectures on Conversation. Vol. I, 3–11. Oxford, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell
    Harvey Sacks
    195–203
    Erving Goffman: Tacit knowledge in interaction
    204
16. ‘Felicity’s Condition.’ American Journal of Sociology 89 (1): 1–53, selected 1–9, 48–51.
    Erving Goffman
    205–216
    John Gumperz: Intercultural encounters
    217
17. Discourse Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, selected 1-7.
    John J. Gumperz
    218–223
    Aaron V. Cicourel: Maintaining one’s self
    224
18. ‘The effect of neurodegenerative disease on representations of self in discourse.’ Neurocase: The Neural Basis of Cognition 17 (3): 251–259, selected 251-253, 254, 255-256, 257-259
    Aaron V. Cicourel
    225–233
    James Paul Gee: Language as saying, doing and being
    234
19. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. Theory and Method. 3rd edition. New York, London: Routledge, selected 2–10.
    James Paul Gee
    235–243
    Jonathan Potter: Discourse and social psychology
    244
20. ‘Re-reading Discourse and Social Psychology: Transforming social psychology’ British Journal of Social Psychology 51(3): 436-455, selected 436-438, 442, 443-444, 446-447, 448-450.
    Jonathan Potter
    245–256
21. SOCIOPRAGMATICS
    Introduction
    259–262
    Michael A.K. Halliday: Language as social semiotic
    263
    1993[1975]. ‘Language as Social Semiotic.’ In Language and Literacy, ed. by Janet Maybin, 23-43, selected 23–29. Clevedon: Open University
    M.A.K. Halliday †
    264–271
    Theo van Leeuwen: The representation of actors
    272
22. ‘The Representation of Social Actors.’ In Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis, ed. by Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard & Malcolm Coulthard, 32–70, selected 32-36, 36-42. London: Routledge
    Theo van Leeuwen
    273–281
    Konrad Ehlich: Text and discourse
    282
23. ‘Text and Discourse: A plea for clarity in analysis and terminology.’ In Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Linguistics, ed. by Bahner, Schildt, and Viehweger, 2050–2052. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
    Konrad Ehlich
    283–285
    Patrick Charaudeau: Discourse strategies and the constraints of communication
    286
24. ‘A communicative conception of discourse.’ Discourse studies 4 (3): 301–318, selected 301-302, 309–316
    Patrick Charaudeau
    287–296
    Ruth Amossy: Argumentation and discourse analysis
    297
25. ‘Argumentation et Analyse du discours: perspectives théoriques et découpages disciplinaires.’ Argumentation et Analyse du discours [online], 1, selected paragraphs 1-18. Access 6.9.2008, http://aad.revues.org/200. Anonymous translator.
    Ruth Amossy
    298–304
    John Swales: Genre and discourse community
    305
26. Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, selected 45–47, 52–60
    John M. Swales
    306–316
27. HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE
    Introduction
    319–323
    Régine Robin: History and linguistics
    324
28. Histoire et linguistique. Paris: Armand Colin, selected 21–26. Anonymous translator
    Régine Robin
    325–331
    Reinhart Koselleck: Conceptual history
    332
29. ‘Some Reflections on the Temporal Structure of Conceptual Change.’ In Main Trends in Cultural History. Ten Essays, ed. by Willem Melching & Wyger Velema, 7-16, selected 7-8, 10-16. Amsterdam: Rodopi
    Reinhart Koselleck
    333–339
    Dietrich Busse and Wolfgang Teubert: Using corpora for historical semantics
    340
30. ‘Ist Diskurs ein sprachwissenschaftliches Objekt? Zur Methodenfrage der historischen Semantik.’ In Begriffsgeschichte und Diskursgeschichte, ed. by Dietrich Busse, Fritz Hermanns, and Wolfgang Teubert, 10–28, selected 10–19. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. Translated by Chris Newton and Johannes Angermuller.
    Dietrich Busse and Wolfgang Teubert
    341–349
    Thomas Luckmann: Communicative genres
    350
31. ‘Grundformen der gesellschaftlichen Vermittlung des Wissens: Kommunikative Gattungen.’ In Kultur und Gesellschaft, ed. by Friedhelm Neidhardt, M. Rainer Lepsius, and Johannes Weiss, 191–211, selected 200–211. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. Translated and adapted by Chris Newton and Johannes Angermuller
    Thomas Luckmann
    351–356
32. CRITICAL APPROACHES
    Introduction
    359–364
    Jürgen Habermas: A normative conception of discourse
    365
33. ‘Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociology: The Christian Gauss Lecture, Princeton University, February-March 1971.’ In On the Pragmatics of Social Interaction. Preliminary Studies in the Theory of Communicative Action, 1-105, selected 100-105. Cambridge: Polity/Oxford: Blackwell
    Jürgen Habermas
    366–368
    Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren: A pragmatics of the cultural other
    369
34. Debating Diversity. Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance. London: Routledge, selected 32-38
    Jan Blommaert † and Jef Verschueren
    370–377
    Norman Fairclough: A critical agenda for education
    378
35. ‘Semiotic aspects of social transformation and learning.’ In An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis in Education, ed. by R. Rogers, 225–235. Lawrence Erlbaum
    Norman Fairclough
    379–387
    Teun A. van Dijk: Discourse, cognition, society
    388
36. ‘Critical Discourse Studies: A Sociocognitive Approach.’ In Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis, ed. by Ruth Wodak & Michael Meyer, 62-86, selected 62-67, 75-80. London: Sage.
    Teun A. van Dijk
    389–399
37. Ruth Wodak: Discourses of exclusion: Xenophobia, eacism and anti-Semitism
    400
38. ‘Pragmatics and Critical Discourse Analysis. A cross-disciplinary Analysis.’ Pragmatics and Cognition, 15 (1): 203–225, selected 203–207, 215–218
    Ruth Wodak
    401–410
    Index