Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Analyzing Language Form and Language in Use 1
1.2 Discourse Analysis - A Brief Historical Review 3
1.3 Discourse and Discourse Analysis 8
1.4 Discourse Analysis： Focus and Approaches 11
References 15
Chapter 2 The Complex World of Discourse 19
2.1 Spoken and Written Discourse： Broad Categories 19
2.2 Finer Distinctions and Considerations 25
2.3 Language Variation Reconsidered 32
2.4 Register： A Theory on Language Variation 36
References 40
Chapter 3 Discourse Intention and Interpretation 42
3.1 Language Functions 42
3.2 Speech Acts 48
3.3 Context 55
References 75
Chapter 4 Microstructural Properties 78
4.1 Reference 78
4.2 Substitution and Ellipsis 88
4.3 Ellipsis 97
4.4 Conjunction 104
4.5 Features of Lexical Cohesion 107
References 116
Chapter 5 Analyzing Spoken Discourse 118
5.1 Theoretical Contribution of Pragmatics to Discourse Analysis 118
5.2 Conversational Analysis 123
5.3 Communication Theory： System Constraints and Ritual Constraints 130
References 145
Chapter 6 Analyzing Written Discourse 147
6.1 Discourse Markers 147
6.2 Clause Relations 163
6.3 Written Discourse Patterns 179
6.4 Textual Patterns 180
References 183
Chapter 7 Theme-Rheme Patterns and Information Structure 184
7.1 Functional Perspective of Sentences 184
7.2 Theme and Rheme： Syntactic Structure as Organization of Message 185
7.3 Thematising Structures 190
7.4 Information Structure 195
References 200
Chapter 8 Genre Research from Three Traditions 201
8.1 Definitions of Genre 202
8.2 Models of Genre Analysis 210
8.3 Implications of Genre Research for ESL 223
References 230
Chapter 9 Intertextuality： Dialogic Nature of Discourse 235
9.1 The Concept of Intertextuality 237
9.2 Intertextuality and Dialogue 240
9.3 Levels of Intertextuality 246
9.4 Linguistic Realizations of Intertextuality 248
9.5 Intertextuality in Application 255
References 267
Chapter 10 Critical Discourse Analysis 269
10.1 General Understanding of CDA 270
10.2 The History and Development of CDA 274
10.3 Methodology of CDA 278
References 292