Nick (and anyone else interested in discourse analysis),
Daniel Chandler has a wonderful on-line paper called "Semiotics for
Beginners".
It can be accessed at:
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/semiotic.html
(or on its mirror site at: http://www.argyroneta.com/s4b/)
It is not specifically 'discourse' analysis, but the underlying themes
are nonetheless quite helpful. have used the paper for grad and undgrad
teaching and it works well.
Here are the sub-headings:
1. Introduction
2. Signs
3. Modality
4. Paradigms and
Syntagms
5. Syntagmatic Analysis
6. Paradigmatic
Analysis
7. Denotation and
Connotation
8. Metaphor and
Metonymy
9. Codes
10. Modes of Address
11. Encoding/Decoding
12. Articulation
13. Intertextuality
14. Strengths of Semiotic Analysis
15. Criticisms of Semiotic Analysis
16. D.I.Y. Semiotic Analysis
17. References and Suggested Reading
Cheers,
Lawrence
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Dr. Lawrence D. Berg
Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Global Studies
Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa
Massey University -- Turitea Campus
Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North
Aotearoa/New Zealand
Voice: +64 - 6 - 350-5999 Fax: +64 - 6 - 350-5644
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web: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwgeog/ldb.html
SITES -- A Journal for South Pacific Cultural Studies
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