รายละเอียด : Discourse Studies for Communication Deve

  Discourse Studies for Communication Development: Language in a Communicative Context is a textbook for Discourse Studies. It is also suitable for any reader who aims to improve the effectiveness of their day-to-day communication. Looking at 'discourse'-real language in use by real people-the book discusses key notions, approaches and theories based on the original ground-breaking works of world renown scholars such as H. P. Grice (Conversational Implicature). John Austin (Speech Acts). Michael Halliday (Systemic Functional Linguistics). Harvey Sacks (Conversation Analysis), and Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson (Politeness). It begins by establishing a common understanding of the book's goal: to be a 'good communicator'. Each of the eight chapters presents a factor contributive to successful communication and the relevant discourse analysis method. Various types of discourse samples and exercises are presented to enhance the reader's understanding.