Framing in Discourse Book

The concept of framing has been pivotal in research on social interaction among anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and linguists. Essays in this collection apply the discourse analysis of frames to interaction in a range of social sciences. Linguist Deborah Tannen provides a seminal theoretical framework for conceptualizing the relationship between frames and schemas as well as a methodology for the discourse analysis of framing in interaction. Each chapter makes a unique theoretical contribution to frames theory while showing how discourse analysis can elucidate the linguistic means by which framing is accomplished in a particular interactional setting. Chapters analyze discourse produced in a wide range of contexts including medical examination, psychotic discourse, gender differences in sermon performance, boys' "sportscasting" their own play, teasing among friends, a comparison of Japanese and American discussion groups, and sociolinguistic interviews. The discourse analysis of framing emerges here as a fruitful new avenue for interaction analysis. This book will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and graduate students in the fields of discourse analysis, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, communication, and any other fields in which interaction is the object of study.Read More