Chinese discourse studies
By: Shi-xu, Zhejiang University, China
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781137365033
Subjects: Discourse analysis; Communication; Social change; Social life and customs; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
Description: "Chinese Discourse Studies presents an innovative and systematic approach to discourse and communication in contemporary China. Incorporating Chinese philosophy and theory, it offers not only a distinct cultural paradigm in the field, but also a culturally sensitive and effective tool for studying Chinese discourses. In addition to paradigmatic construction, the book applies this new framework to local and global issues in present-day China, such as human rights, trade disputes and urban development. This book unpacks the critical implications for understanding cultural diversity, division and development both within the discipline and beyond, making it an invaluable resource researchers of discourse analysis, Chinese studies, and cultural studies. "--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Preface; title: Introduction: De-Westernising Discourse Analysis; title: PART I: PARADIGMATIC CONSTRUCTION; title: 1. Cultural Discourse Studies; title: 2. Eastern Discourse Studies; title: 3. Chinese Discourse Studies; title: PART II: DISCOURSES OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA; title: 4. Discourse and Human Rights; title: 5. Discourse and Trade Disputes; title: 6. Discourse and Urban Development; title: Epilogue: Agenda, Dialogue and Practice.