“INTRODUCTION TO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS” – PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

Abstract

The aim of this textbook is to provide a general introduction to the study of discourse analysis. The authors assume that students and other interested readers have only encountered this discipline superficially and are more confused than aware of its field of interest, topics, and methods. Currently, discourse analysis is highly popular and widespread on all continents and among followers of various scientific disciplines. Research in the rapidly growing and evolving field of discourse analysis stems from numerous academic disciplines that are different from one another. This includes, of course, the disciplines in which the models for understanding and methods of discourse analysis were initially developed, such as linguistics and anthropology. However, it also encompasses disciplines that have applied and extended such models and methods to problems within their academic domains, such as communication, cognitive psychology, social psychology, philosophy, literary criticism, and artificial intelligence.

Keywords: аnalysis of discourse; pragmatics; units of discourse analysis; intertextuality.