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Introduction: Deborah Schiffrin (Georgetown University), Deborah Tannen (Georgetown University) and Heidi Hamilton (Georgetown University).

Part I: Discourse Analysis and Linguistics:.

1. Intonation and Discourse: Current Views from Within: Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (University of Konstanz).

2. Cohesion and Texture: Jim Martin (University of Sydney).

3. Discourse Markers: Language, Meaning and Context: Deborah Schiffrin (Georgetown University).

4. Discourse and Semantics: Neal Norrick (Saarland University).

5. Discourse and Relevance Theory: Diane Blakemore (Southampton University).

6. Discourse and Information Structure: Gregory Ward and Betty Birner (Northwestern University).

7. Historical Discourse Analysis: Laurel Brinton (University of British Columbia).

8. Typology and Discourse: John Myhill (University of Haifa).

9. Register Variation: A Corpus Approach: Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University) and Susan Conrad.

Part II: The Linking of Theory and Practice in Discourse Analysis:.

10. Nine Ways of Looking at Apologies: The Necessity of Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Discourse Analysis: Robin Lakoff (University of California, Berkeley).

11. Interactional Sociolinguistics: A Personal Perspective: John Gumperz (University of California, Berkeley).

12. Discourse as an Interactional Achievement III: The Omnirelevance of Action: Emanuel Schegloff (University of California, Los Angeles).

13. Discourse and Interaction: Monica Heller (University of Toronto).

14. The Linguistic Structure of Discourse: Livia Polanyi (FX Palo Alto Lab).

15. The Variationist Approach Towards Discourse Structural Effects and Socio-Interactional Dynamics: Sylvie DuBois (Louisiana State University) and David Sankoff (Université de Montréal).

16. Computer-Assisted Text and Corpus Analysis: Lexical Cohesion and Communicative Competence: Michael Stubbs (University of Trier).

17. The Transcription of Discourse: Jane Edwards (University of California, Berkeley).

Part III: Discourse: Language, Context, and Interaction:.

Political, Social, and Institutional Domains:.

18. Critical Discourse Analysis: Teun van Dijk (University of Amsterdam).

19. Discourse and Racism: Ruth Wodak (Universität Wein) and Martin Reisigl.

20. Political Discourse: John Wilson (University of Ulster).

21. Discourse and the Media: Colleen Cotter (Georgetown University).

22. Discourse Analysis in the Legal Context: Roger Shuy (Georgetown University).

23. The Discourse of Medical Encounters: Nancy Ainsworth-Vaughn (Michigan State University).

24. Language and Medicine: Suzanne Fleischman (University of California, Berkeley).

25. Discourse in Educational Settings: Carolyn Adger (Temple University).

26. Institutional Narratives: Charlotte Linde (Institute for Research on Learning).

Culture, Community, and Genre:.

27. Discourse and Intercultural Communication: Ronald and Suzanne Scollon (Georgetown University).

28. Discourse and Gender: Shari Kendall and Deborah Tannen (Georgetown University).

29. Discourse and Aging: Heidi Hamilton (Georgetown University).

30. Child discourse: Jenny Cook-Gumperz (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Amy Kryatzis (University of California, Santa Barbara).

31. Computer-Mediated Discourse: Susan Herring (University of Texas).

32. Discourse and Narrative: Barbara Johnstone (Carnegie Mellon University).

33. Discourse and Conflict: Christina Kakavá (Mary Washington College).

Part IV: Discourse Across Disciplines:.

34. The Analysis of Discourse Flow: Wallace Chafe (University of California, Santa Barbara).

35. The Discursive Turn in Social Psychology: Rom Harré (Linacre College, Oxford and Georgetown University).

36. Discourse and Language Teaching: Elite Olshtain (Hebrew University) and Marianne Celce-Murcia (University of California, Los Angeles).

37. Discourse Analysis in Communication: Karen Tracy (University of Colorado).

38. Discourse and Sociology: Sociology and Discourse: Allen Grimshaw (Indiana University).

39. Imagination in Discourse: Herb Clark and Mija VanDerWege (both Stanford University).

40. Literary Pragmatics: Jacob Mey (Odense University).

41. Computational Perspectives on Discourse and Dialogue: Bonnie Webber (University of Pennsylvania).

Index.