This guide is intended to help you begin to find relevant materials on discourse analysis available at OU Libraries. It was designed in a way that both beginners and experts on discourse analysis studies will benefit from the materials and links here suggested.

The Discourse Analysis guide is not a complete or exhaustive bibliography, nor a thorough instructions guide of individual reference tools. Its goal is to provide the OU Libraries users with starting points to our collection.

For more information on how to use indexes, databases, and the library catalog, you can check our Tutorials.

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2. WHAT IS DISCOURSE ANALYSIS?

Discourse analysis, also called “DA” or “critical discourse analysis”, is the examination of language use by members of a speech community. It identifies linguistic features that characterize different genres as well as social and cultural factors that aid in our interpretation and understanding of different texts and types of talk.

A cornerstone of discourse analysis is the conviction that language is both a product and a producer of the values and beliefs of the society in which it operates. Thus, the construction of any message designed to represent some reality necessarily entails decisions about which aspects of that reality to include, and then about how to arrange them.

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3. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC

The encyclopedia of language and linguistics.

by Asher, R. E. and Simpson, J. M. Y. (Editors)

New York: Pergamon Press. 1994

Call Number P 29 .E48 1994

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

The articles on “discourse” and “discourse analysis” on volume 2 give an overall picture of the topic, providing bibliographical references and suggesting further readings. The subject index on volume 10 points to other relevant occurrences of the terms “discourse” and “discourse analysis” in other volumes of the series. Work highly recommended for those new to the field of Discourse Analysis.

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4. CATALOG

4.1. SUBJECT HEADINGS

The online library catalog provides access to approximately 2,500,000 titles owned by the library. These materials include books, e-books, journals, newspapers, microforms, CD-ROMs, DVDs, videos, audio CDs, audio cassettes, photographs, music scores, government documents, Internet resources, OU theses and dissertations, and maps.

To search for articles, book chapters, or papers presented at conferences you will have to use indexes, printed or online (see Periodical Indexes).

You may search the catalog by keyword or phrase, author, title, or subject.

To do a subject search, type a term or phrase on the search box and click on “subject”.

When searching the library catalog, these are the terms that will retrieve the most relevant documents on discourse analysis. They are subject headings from the Library of Congress:

Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis-Social Aspects

Discourse Analysis-Political Aspects

Communicative competence

Social interaction

Rhetoric

Language and languages-Philosophy

Communication-Philosophy

Pragmatics

Semantics

Linguistics

You can use these subject heading on subject searches and keyword searches, alone or combined, in the library catalog and other databases.

Remember to start your search with the most specific terms that describe your topic. If you do not find many records, try broader terms. Terms on the list above are presented from the narrowest to the broadest.

If you are interested in discourse analysis on organizational discourse, for example, try a keyword search with “discourse analysis and organizations”.

You can also search for books by (author search) or books about (subject search) these authors:

Foucault, Michel

Benveniste, Emile

Foucault, Michel

Pecheux, Michel

Bakhtin, M. M.

Voloshinov

Dijk, Teun Adrian

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4.2. CALL NUMBER RANGES

The study of discourse has developed in a variety of disciplines – linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology, for example. For that reason, material on discourse analysis are dispersed through the shelves

If you prefer to browse the shelves or the catalog (click on “call number browse” on the catalog search screen), these are some of the call numbers under which you can find materials on discourse analysis. Click here to see the shelve location within Bizzell Library.

Discourse Analysis

Call Number P302-302.87 Discourse analysis

Location 3rd floor Bizzell Library

Discourse Analysis in relation with other specific disciplines of linguistics

Call Number P301-301.5 Style. Composition. Rhetoric

P306-310 Translating and interpreting

P321-324.5 Etymology

P325-325.5 Semantics

Location 3rd floor Bizzell Library

Discourse analysis within general linguistics

Call Number P1-85 General

P87-96 Communication. Mass media

P94.7 Interpersonal communication

P95-95.6 Oral communication. Speech

P99-99.4 Semiotics

P99.5-99.6 Nonverbal communication

P106 Languages – Philosophy

Location 3rd floor Bizzell Library

Important theorists of discourse analysis

Call Number PG 2497 Bakhtin (Russian Literature)

Location 3rd floor Bizzell Library

Call Number B 809 Voloshinov

B1618 A84 Works on Austin and other philosophers of language

Location Lower Level 1 East Bizzell Library

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5. ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, HANDBOOKS, MANUALS – REFERENCE BOOKS

The latest editions of reference books are located in the Reference Collection, on Main Floor of Bizzell Library, and can be consulted at the library premises; they can not be checked out.

5.1. DICTIONARIES

A dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.

by Crystal, David

Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. 1997.

Call Number P 29 .C65 1997

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Reference work primarily for students and scholars, with concise definitions, examples, and cross-references. There is no index and entries are arranged alphabetically. Look under “discourse”.

Dictionary of communication and media studies.

by Watson, J., & Hill, A.

New York: Arnold. 1997

Call Number P 87.5 .W38 1997

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Entries provide definitions, historical and theoretical contexts, and plentiful references to further readings and to other subject entries within the dictionary. Arranged alphabetically. Look under “discourse” and “discourse analysis”.

5.2. ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Encyclopedia of language and education.

by Corson, D. et al. (Ed.).

Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1997

Call Number P 40.8 .E53 1997

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Encyclopedia with 8 volumes. Each volume is a collection of selected papers on a specific topic. Check the cumulative subject index on volume 8 for occurrences of “discourse” and “discourse analysis”. Volume 8 presents yet the table of contents of each volume. Volumes are arranged by topic, so it is very important to check the index to find which volume has the terms you are searching.

The linguistics encyclopedia.

by Malmkjær, K. (Ed.).

New York: Routledge. 2002

Call Number P 29 .L52 2002

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Entries are alphabetically arranged, extensively cross-referenced, and include suggestions for further reading. Explore major and subsidiary areas of linguistics, covering traditional areas of the field as well as current areas of research. Single index for title, author, and subject on the back (alphabetical index). You can either go to the entry “discourse”, or check the related terms to “discourse” and “discourse analysis” in the index.

Language and communication: A cross-cultural encyclopedia.

by Findlay, M. S.

Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 1998

Call Number P 29 .F47 1999

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Entries are written with great clarity and followed by bibliographic information and cross references. Arranged alphabetically. Again, you can go straight to the entries “discourse” and “discourse analysis”, or search for all occurrences of these terms in the encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia of Semiotics.

by Bouissac, P. (Ed.).

New York: Oxford University Press. 1998

Call Number P 99 .E64 1998

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Entries are signed and contain bibliographic entries for further inquiry. In the alphabetical index, in the back, boldface type indicate a major discussion. Check the index for “discourse analysis” and “discourse”

5.3. HANDBOOK

The Routledge companion to semiotics and linguistics.

by Cobley, P. (Ed.).

New York: Routledge. 2001.

Call Number P 121 .R692 2001

Location REF_COLL Main Floor Bizzell Library

Current information on key questions. The first part is a collection of essays, the second is a dictionary that gives information on terms used in the subjects and biographical entries. The best search strategy is to look up the index for “discourse analysis” and “discourse” occurrences, because articles are arranged by subject. Chapter 10 is specific about discourse and discourse analysis, but the indexes also points to other articles that deal with these two topics.

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6. BOOKS

There are several useful books on this topic. These are just some of them. For more book on this topic, search under the call number suggested previously (to go to the call number ranges click here)

6.1. PRINT BOOKS

Critical discourse analysis: Critical concepts in linguistics.

by Toolan, M. J. (Ed.).

New York: Routledge. Vols 1-4. 2002

Call Number P 302.84 .C75 2002

Location 3^rd floor Stacks Bizzell Library

Discourse Analysis.

by Brow, G., & Yule, G.

New York: Cambridge University Press. 1983

Call Number P 302 .B76 1983

Location 3^rd floor Stacks Bizzell Library

Language, semantics, and ideology.

by Pecheux, M.

New York: St. Martin’s Press. 1982.

Call Number P 106 .P3913 1982

Location 3^rd floor Stacks Bizzell Library

Handbook of discourse analysis.

by Dijk, T. A.

Orlando: Academic Press. 1985

Call Number P 302 .H343 1985

Location 3^rd floor Stacks Bizzell Library

Language and power.

by Fairclough, N.

New York: Longman. 2001

Call Number P 40 .F35 2001

Location 3^rd floor Stacks Bizzell Library

6.2. E-BOOKS

More e-books are available at NetLibrary (Electronic Books), accessible through LORA (Library Online Resources Access). Search for keyword “discourse analysis”.

Electronic Discourse : Linguistic Individuals in Virtual Space

SUNY Series in Computer-mediated Communication
by Davis, Boyd H.; Brewer, Jeutonne
Albany State University of New York Press, 1997.

NetLibrary (Electronic Books), accessible through LORA

Language and Conflict : A Neglected Relationship

by Wright, Sue
Clevedon ; Philadelphia Multilingual Matters, 1998.

NetLibrary (Electronic Books), accessible through LORA

The Coiners of Language

Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theory ; V. 16
by Goux, Jean-Joseph.
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.

NetLibrary (Electronic Books), accessible through LORA

The Cultural Prison : Discourse, Prisoners, and Punishment

Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
by Sloop, John M.
Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press, 1996.

NetLibrary (Electronic Books), accessible through LORA

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7. JOURNALS

7.1. PRINT

For issue and format availability, check online catalog. To search for periodicals at the online catalog, type the periodical title and click on “periodical title”. Latest issues are available at the Current Periodicals Room, Lower Level 1 West.

Langages

Paris: Didier-Larousse

Call Number P2 .L35

Forum Linguisticum

Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States

Call Number P1 .F67

Language

Linguistic Society of America

Call Number P1 .L3

Syntax & Semantics

Summer Linguistics Conference (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Call Number P1 .S9

Word

Linguistic Circle of New York.

Call Number P 1 .W65

7.2. ONLINE JOURNALS

Links to online journals are available in the online catalog or through LORA. At LORA type the journal title in the “Search for Resource Title” option.

Communication Abstracts

Temple University. School of Communications and Theater

Journal Of Pragmatics

Amsterdam, North-Holland Pub. Co.

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Edmonton: Boreal.

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8. PERIODICAL INDEXES

Periodical indexes will help you find articles of journals, magazines, and newspapers; chapter of books; conferences papers and proceedings, working papers, and reports. To find the journal, you will have to access the library catalog. Many online indexes (specially those provided through FirstSearch) indicate when the periodical is available at OU, or provide you automatic links to check the library catalog.

8.1. PRINT

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

Call Number: P 1 .L2

Location Reference Collection, Table H & Section 39 Main Floor Bizzell Library

Abstracts are arranged in topical chapters with author and subject indexes available. You can browse the subject section 4600 Discourse Analysis and Textual Linguistics, or look on the subject index on the back of the issue for terms such as “discourse analysis”, “discourse context”, “discourse strategies”, and “discourse functions”. Once you have identified the article you need, go to the online library catalog, type the journal title in the search box, and search for “periodical title” (Click here to go to the Library Catalog).

8.2. ONLINE

MLA Bibliography (FirstSearch)

(1963 – Present )

Try the subject headings suggested before in an advanced search. You might want to type “discourse analysis” and “language” as subjects. You can also restrict search to document type (book chapters, journal), language, or items available at OU Libraries. When you find an article that you want, there is a link to connect to OU Libraries catalog to check journal availability. When the periodical is available at OU, a sign will appear on the record.

ECO (FirstSearch)

(1995 - present)
You can search by keyword “discourse analysis and linguistics”, or do an advanced search using terms such as “language practices”, “discourse practices”, and “discourse analysis”, or combining the identifiers “discourse analysis” and “language”. There will be indicators when the article is available online or when the journal is held by OU. Links to library catalog are also available.

ERIC (First Search)

(1966 - present)
In your search, you can use “linguistics”, “semiotics”, and “discourse analysis” as descriptors in an advanced search (for example, “semiotics” and “discourse analysis”). Documents can be sorted according to language, document type, and full text availability. Like other databases provided through FirstSearch interface, there are indications when the journal is available at OU and links to the library catalog. Some articles are available online.

Sociological Abstracts

(1/1/1963 - present)
Indexes and abstracts journals, research reports, reviews, books, conference reports, web resources, and case studies in sociology and related disciplines in the behavioral sciences.

In Sociological Abstracts, discourse analysis is indexed as descriptor D221450. You can either use this code or the term “discourse analysis” in the advanced search, combined with other descriptors such as “discursive practices” (D222400), “language use” (D446100), “pragmatics” (D651900), or “semantics” (D752400). Results can be limited to latest update, language, and document type.

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Here are some articles found in the periodical indexes discussed before. They are just some examples of articles on discourse analysis; they are not the best or only articles available.

Discourse Analysis: A Critical View.

Author: Widdowson, H. G. Source: Language and Literature: Journal of the Poetics and Linguistics Association 4, no. 3 (1995): p. 157-72.

From Discourse Analysis to Critical Discourse Analysis: Theoretical Developments.

Author: Caldas-Coulthard, Carmen Rosa Source: Trabalhos em Linguistica Aplicada 21, (1993 Jan-June): p. 49-62.

Linguistics as Discourse: A Case Study from Semantics.

Author: Beaugrande, Robert de Source: WORD: Journal of the International Linguistic Association {New York, NY}35, no. 1 (1984 Apr.): p. 15-57.

Doing discourse analysis: methods for studying action in talk and text.

Author: Wood, L. A. and Kroger, R. O. Source: Communication Abstracts 24, no. 4 (2001): 443-588.

Speaking culturally: language diversity in the United States.

Author: Johnson, F. L. Source: Communication Abstracts 24, no. 4 (2001): 443-588.

Critique and Sociolinguistic Analysis of Discourse .

Author: Heller, Monica Source: Critique of Anthropology 21, no. 2 (2001): 117-141 (25 pages).

Comprehension strategies: the bridge between literal and discourse understanding.

Author: Marinac, Julie V; Ozanne, Anne E Source: Child Language Teaching and Therapy 15, no. 3 (1999): 233-246 (14 pages).

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9. PROCEEDINGS

Use PapersFirst to search for papers presented at conferences and Proceedings (FirstSearch) to find conference proceedings. As subject term you can use “discourse analysis”.

PapersFirst (conferences from 1/1/1993 - present)

Proceedings (FirstSearch) (proceedings published from 1/1/1993 - present)

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10. DISSERTATIONS

Dissertation Abstracts

(1861 - present)
Indexes U.S. doctoral dissertations completed at accredited institutions since 1861 (abstracts since 1980); includes some dissertations from Canada, Great Britain, and Europe, as well as some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Dissertations from 1997-present are full text. You can start with “discourse analysis” as a subject and add more qualifiers (for example, “discourse analysis” and “semantics”).

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11. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

To locate government documents at OU Libraries catalog, search for subject “discourse analysis” at library “Government Documents”. Click here to go to search screen.

Discourse analysis for language teachers.

by Demo, Douglas.

ERIC Digest EDO-FL-01-07

Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics. September 2001.

Accessed December 4, 2002.

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0107demo.html

Metadiscourse in social studies texts

by Crismore, Avon.

Technical Report; no. 366

Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Cambridge, Mass. : Bolter Beranek and Newman Inc., 1985.

Call Number ED 1.310 /2 :275986

Location 4^th floor Government Documents Bizzell Library

Interpretive acts: cognition and the construction of discourse

by Flower, Linda.

Occasional paper ; no. 1.

Performed pursuant to a grant from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement/Department of Education for the Center for the Study of Writing.

Berkeley, CA : University of California, Center for the Study of Writing ; Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Mellon University, Center for the Study of Writing, 1987.

Location 4^th floor Government Documents Bizzell Library

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12. WEB RESOURCES

These are specific web resources on discourse analysis, written in English. They were found using Google search engine. To search the Internet using Google, just type www.google.com on your Internet browser. At Google search screen, type “discourse analysis” and “linguistics”. Remember to put these two terms between double quotation marks. Sites with .edu, .org, and .gov are usually more authoritative than with .com. The sites listed below can be considered gateways to other resources and websites on discourse analysis.

Discourse Analysis Links

http://www.odu.edu/al/writing_tutorial_serv/disclink.htm

Web page developed by the Old Dominion University’s Writing Tutorial Services. Links provided are very helpful for those beginning studies in discourse analysis.

Discourse in Society

http://www.discourse-in-society.org/

Teun van Dijk’s homepage. Van Dijk is one of the most important discourse analysts. The page has links to other sites, lists, journals, homepages and other information that is relevant for the study of discourse. It is a “gateway” to discourse analysis topics (bibliographies, websites and discussion lists, societies and organizations for the study of discourse, journals, university programs, research institutes, upcoming conferences and events, and personal websites of discourse analysts.).

Discourse Analysis Bibliography

http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak4/norrick/bibvlda.htm

Bibliography on discourse analysis compiled by Dr. Neal Norrick, from the Department of English at Saarland University (Denmark). For those in need of an authoritative and comprehensive bibliography on discourse analysis, this is a good start.

More web resources on discourse analysis, linguistics and communication studies

Check the LORA’s Internet links for Communication.

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13. OTHER RESOURCES

To search for other types of materials, type “discourse analysis” on the search box and select the item type you want (on “search limits”, under the search box).

13.1. VIDEOS

American tongues.

by the Center for New American Media; produced and directed by Kolker, Andrew and Alvarez, Louis.

New York: Center for New American Media, 1987.

Call Number VIDEOCASSETTE 174

Location AV_AREA Lower Level 1 BIZZELL LIBRARY

Illustrates several dialects of the English language within the United States and various attitudes about regional, social, and ethnic differences in American speech.

He said,, she said: gender, language & communication.

by Tannen, Deborah.

Los Angeles: Into the Classroom Media, 2000.

Call Number VIDEOCASSETTE 240

Location AV_AREA Lower Level 1 BIZZELL LIBRARY

Deborah Tannen discusses boys & girls conversational styles, directness & indirectness, public talk and private talk, and ritual opposition.

Yeah you rite!

by Alvarez, Louis and Kolker, Andrew. Narrated by Dell, Billy.

New York: Center for New American Media, 1985.

Call Number VIDEOCASSETE 169

Location AV_AREA Lower Level 1 BIZZELL LIBRARY

The English language as spoken in New Orleans has been influenced by the city’s rich and varied history, leaving it dozens of unique words and phrases that all New Orleanians understand but which frequently baffle visitors.

13.2. SOUND CASSETTE

Metaphor, identity and law: the Law and the Humanities Section program.

by the Association of American Law Schools. Meeting (1992 : San Antonio, Tex.). Panelists: Arriola, Elvia; Vining, Joe; and Winter, Steve.

Millersville, MD: Recorded Resources Corp. for the Association of American Law Schools, 1992.

Call Number KF 264 .A84 1992 no. 45-46

Location AV_AREA LAW LIBRARY

Panelists examine how arguments get made, which arguments get taken seriously, how likes are defined as likes and how justice ultimately comes to be defined within a legal system.

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Patricia Araujo

paraujo@ou.edu

University of Oklahoma

Bizzell Libraries

December 2002