What Writing Does and How It Does It: An Introduction to Analyzing Texts and Textual Practices

What Writing Does and How It Does It: An Introduction to Analyzing Texts and Textual Practices by Charles Bazerman () [Charles Bazerman;Paul.
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Abstract Full Text Abstract. Keywords Bazerman , communication policy , communication strategy , communication strategy texts , corporate communication , disclosure policy , discourse analysis , genre , genre analysis , genre system , interdiscursivity , intertextuality.

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Contents Part 1 Analysing texts: Huckin-- poetics and narrativity - how texts tell stories, P. Eubanks-- linguistic discourse analysis - how the language in texts works, E. Barton-- intertextuality - how texts rely on other texts, C.

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Bazerman-- code-shifting and second language writing - how multiple codes are combined in a text, M. Buell-- the multiple media of texts - how onscreen and paper texts incorporate words, images and other media, A. Part 2 Analysing textual practices: Prior-- speaking and writing - how talk and text interact in situated practices, K. Prior-- children's writing - how textual forms, contextual forms and textual politics co-emerge, G.

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Selzer-- speech acts, genres and activity systems - how texts organize activity and people, C. Nielsen Book Data Publisher's Summary Introducing textual analysis as it applies to composition research, this volume is divided into two parts - Part 1 focuses on the various approaches to analyzing texts and Part 2 turns more explicitly to considering the processes of writing, exploring textual practices and their contexts, and examining what writing does.

Each chapter has been structured to provide answers to a specified set of questions, and includes: This work is appropriate for courses on text analysis and composition research methods, and should prove useful to researchers performing text analysis.