Discourse as Data uses a step-by-step approach to introduce the principal range of methods for discourse analysis, and offers the reader practical opportunities to try out analytic concepts on new data. The contributors come from across the social sciences - each an expert in a different core method in discourse analysis.

Now featuring an expanded range of examples of critical discourse analysis in action, and across a wide variety of disciplines, and two new chapters on multimodality and social media, this book continues to provide readers with a sophisticated and nuanced treatment of discourse studies from experts in the field

Expert guidance for postgraduate and research students on how to plan, prepare and produce a thesis or dissertation.

The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools.

Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method offers the first systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research.

How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how, and even what constructionism means, is often unclear or taken for granted. This work offers a tour of the central themes raised by these questions.

Supporting you with varied pedagogy throughout, this engaging new book provides a foundational understanding of politics and protest before focusing on step-by-step instructions for carrying out analysis on your own. It includes up to date cases, such as analysis of memes about Brexit, Trump and even coronavirus, that cater for this quickly moving field.

This practical, down-to-earth guide is tailored for Education students and uses real examples of students' work to explain what tutors look for and how to get there.

Packed with ready-to-go lessons and tools, this user-friendly resource provides ways to weave together different aspects of literacy using one mentor text.

Presenting the latest thinking and research on how children acquire their first language, this book takes the reader from a standing start to the point where they can engage with key debates and current research in the field of child language.