Understanding Discourse Analysis provides students with an accessible and well-illustrated introduction to discourse analysis. Explaining the main terminology and frameworks and presenting key findings of discourse studies, this book:

• Explores the development of discourse analysis

• Covers four key approaches to analysing discourse

• Uses authentic spoken or written texts in all examples

• Features data from the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project database

• Includes examples from a wide range of languages from around the world, such as Chilean Spanish, Korean and Serbo-Croatian

Written by an active researcher, this textbook is a fascinating and engaging introduction to discourse analysis and is ideal for students studying this topic for the first time.