MEDIATED DISCOURSE by Ron Scollon ( 9780415248839 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MEDIATED DISCOURSE
THE NEXUS OF PRACTICE

By:

Ron Scollon

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0415248833

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9780415248839

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

12 April, 2001

Pages:

196

Description:

Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how. Looks at how use of language is both a form of action in itself and is also indirectly related to all other forms of human action.

Synopsis:

Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice sets out a discursive theory of human action. Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how they are related. Mediated Discourse Theory looks into social relationships to see how the use of language is both a form of action in itself and is also indirectly related to all other forms of human action. Through the empirical study of a one year old child learning to exchange objects with caregivers, Scollon challenges the commonly held claim that all practices are represented in discourse and that all discourse has the function of structuring practice. Calling upon work in interactional sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, anthropological linguistics, sociocultural psychology, and intercultural communication, the Mediated Discourse Theory set out in this book resolves current problematic issues such as how practices are learned across the boundaries of groups and how individuals come to be socialized as social actors.

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43 black & white tables

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Routledge

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