The Discourse Studies Reader

• Preface | p. ix
• The Discourse Studies Reader. An Introduction
  Johannes Angermuller, Dominique Maingueneau and Ruth Wodak | pp. 1–14
• 1. Theoretical Inspirations: Structuralism versus Pragmatics
• Introduction | pp. 17–20
• Ferdinand de Saussure: The value of the sign | p. 21
• 1959[1906-1911]. Course in General Linguistics, translated by Wade Baskin, selected 114–117, 120–122. New York: Philosophical Library
  Ferdinand de Saussure | pp. 22–26
• Mikhail Bakhtin: Polyphonic discourse in the novel | p. 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 | pp. 28–35
• Zellig S. Harris: Towards a distributionalist method | p. 36
• 1952. Language, 28 (1): 1–30, selected 1–3, 29–30
  Zellig S. Harris | pp. 37–40
• George Herbert Mead: Thought, communication, and the significant symbol | p. 41
• 1934. 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 | pp. 42–47
• Ludwig Wittgenstein: Communication as a language game | p. 48
• 1997[1953]: Philosophische Untersuchungen / Philosophical Investigations, selected remarks (Bemerkungen) 1-6, 10, 11, 23-26, 29, 30, 43. Oxford: Blackwell
  Ludwig Wittgenstein | pp. 49–53
• John L. Austin: Performing speech | p. 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 | pp. 55–59
• H. Paul Grice: Using language to mean something | p. 60
• 1957. ‘Meaning.’ Philosophical Review 66: 377–388, presently published by Duke University Press
  H. Paul Grice | pp. 61–68
• 2. From Structuralism to Poststructuralism
• Introduction | pp. 71–76
• Jacques Lacan: The divided subject | p. 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 | pp. 78–82
• Louis Althusser: The subjectivity effect of discourse | p. 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 | pp. 84–88
• Michel Pêcheux: From ideology to discourse | p. 89
• 1975. ‘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 | pp. 90–97
• Michel Foucault: An archaeology of discourse | p. 98
• 2001[1968]. ‘Réponse à une question.’ In Dits et écrits, I, 701–723, selected 702–715. Paris: Gallimard. Anonymous translator.
  Michel Foucault | pp. 99–110
• Stuart Hall: Encoding and decoding the message | p. 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 | pp. 112–121
• Ernesto Laclau: The impossibility of society | p. 122
• 1990. ‘The Impossibility of Society.’ In New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time, 89–92. London, New York: Verso
  Ernesto Laclau | pp. 123–126
• Judith Butler: Speaking to the postcolonial Other | p. 127
• 2008. ‘Violence, Nonviolence. Sartre on Fanon.’ In Race after Sartre, ed. by Jonathan Judaken, 211–232, selected 211–215. Albany: SUNY Press
  Judith Butler | pp. 128–132
• 3. Enunciative Pragmatics
• Introduction | pp. 135–139
• Émile Benveniste: The formal apparatus of enunciation | p. 140
• 1970. ‘L’appareil formel de l’énonciation.’ Langages 17 (5): 12–18, selected 12–18. Anonymous translator.
  Émile Benveniste | pp. 141–145
• Dominique Maingueneau: The scene of enunciation | p. 146
• 2003. ‘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 | pp. 147–154
• Jacqueline Authier-Revuz: Enunciative heterogeneity | p. 155
• 1984. ‘Hétérogénéité(s) énonciative(s).’ Langages 73: 98-111, selected 99–107. Anonymous translator
  Jacqueline Authier-Revuz | pp. 156–165
• Oswald Ducrot: Enunciative polyphony | p. 166
• 1984. Le Dire et le dit. Paris, Minuit, selected 171, 189–192, 203–210. Anonymous translator
  Oswald Ducrot | pp. 167–175
• Johannes Angermuller: Subject positions in polyphonic discourse | p. 176
• 2014. Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  Johannes Angermuller | pp. 177–186
• 4. Interactionism
• Introduction | pp. 189–193
• Harvey Sacks: Turn-taking in conversations | p. 194
• 1992[1964]. ‘Lecture 1. Rules of Conversational Sequence.’ In Lectures on Conversation. Vol. I, 3–11. Oxford, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell
  Harvey Sacks | pp. 195–203
• Erving Goffman: Tacit knowledge in interaction | p. 204
• 1983. ‘Felicity’s Condition.’ American Journal of Sociology 89 (1): 1–53, selected 1–9, 48–51.
  Erving Goffman | pp. 205–216
• John Gumperz: Intercultural encounters | p. 217
• 1982. Discourse Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, selected 1-7.
  John J. Gumperz | pp. 218–223
• Aaron V. Cicourel: Maintaining one’s self | p. 224
• 2011. ‘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 | pp. 225–233
• James Paul Gee: Language as saying, doing and being | p. 234
• 2010. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. Theory and Method. 3rd edition. New York, London: Routledge, selected 2–10.
  James Paul Gee | pp. 235–243
• Jonathan Potter: Discourse and social psychology | p. 244
• 2012. ‘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 | pp. 245–256
• 5. Sociopragmatics
• Introduction | pp. 259–262
• Michael A.K. Halliday: Language as social semiotic | p. 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 | pp. 264–271
• Theo van Leeuwen: The representation of actors | p. 272
• 1996. ‘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 | pp. 273–281
• Konrad Ehlich: Text and discourse | p. 282
• 1987. ‘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 | pp. 283–285
• Patrick Charaudeau: Discourse strategies and the constraints of communication | p. 286
• 2002. ‘A communicative conception of discourse.’ Discourse studies 4 (3): 301–318, selected 301-302, 309–316
  Patrick Charaudeau | pp. 287–296
• Ruth Amossy: Argumentation and discourse analysis | p. 297
• 2008. ‘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 | pp. 298–304
• John Swales: Genre and discourse community | p. 305
• 1990. Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, selected 45–47, 52–60
  John M. Swales | pp. 306–316
• 6. Historical Knowledge
• Introduction | pp. 319–323
• Régine Robin: History and linguistics | p. 324
• 1973. Histoire et linguistique. Paris: Armand Colin, selected 21–26. Anonymous translator
  Régine Robin | pp. 325–331
• Reinhart Koselleck: Conceptual history | p. 332
• 1994. ‘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 | pp. 333–339
• Dietrich Busse and Wolfgang Teubert: Using corpora for historical semantics | p. 340
• 1994. ‘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 | pp. 341–349
• Thomas Luckmann: Communicative genres | p. 350
• 1985. ‘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 | pp. 351–356
• 7. Critical approaches
• Introduction | pp. 359–364
• Jürgen Habermas: A normative conception of discourse | p. 365
• 2001. ‘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 | pp. 366–368
• Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren: A pragmatics of the cultural other | p. 369
• 1998. Debating Diversity. Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance. London: Routledge, selected 32-38
  Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren | pp. 370–377
• Norman Fairclough: A critical agenda for education | p. 378
• 2004. ‘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 | pp. 379–387
• Teun A. van Dijk: Discourse, cognition, society | p. 388
• 2009. ‘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 | pp. 389–399
• Ruth Wodak: Discourses of exclusion: Xenophobia, eacism and anti-Semitism | p. 400
• 2007. ‘Pragmatics and Critical Discourse Analysis. A cross-disciplinary Analysis.’ Pragmatics and Cognition, 15 (1): 203–225, selected 203–207, 215–218
  Ruth Wodak | pp. 401–410
• Index | pp. 411–417

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