Full Description
Discourse topics are a frequently mentioned but rarely operationalised concept in linguistics. Taking a text linguistic approach and defining discourse topics as clusterings of concepts, this book examines and compares methods for investigating topic boundaries, topic identification and topic development. The first book to be devoted to topics in extended discourse, Discourse Topics examines topics in several genres and generates new insights into the nature of discourse topics that challenge the status quo. It is essential reading for researchers in linguistics, discourse analysis, natural language processing and psychology whose work concerns topics.
Contents
1. List of tables; 2. List of figures; 3. Glossary of commonly used abbreviations; 4. Introduction; 5. Investigating discourse topics; 6. Topic boundaries; 7. Identifying topics; 8. Topic development; 9. Text linguistic analyses of discourse topics; 10. Comparing the analyses of discourse topics; 11. Applying discourse topic analysis; 12. Implications of discourse topics; 13. References; 14. Transcription conventions; 15. Text 1: Classroom discourse; 16. Text 3: Uses of topics; 17. Text 4: Wikitalk; 18. Text 5: Satirical sermon; 19. Text 6: Anecdote; 20. Name index; 21. Subject index
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