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[email protected] Bloomsbury Discourse Series Series Editor: Professor Ken Hyland, University of Hong Kong Discourse is one of the most significant concepts of contemporary thinking in the humanities and social sciences as it concerns the ways language mediates and shapes our interactions with each other and with the social, political and cultural formations of our society. The Bloomsbury Discourse Series aims to capture the fast-developing interest in discourse to provide students, new and experienced teachers and researchers in applied linguistics, ELT and English language with an essential bookshelf. Each book deals with a core topic in discourse studies to give an in-depth, structured and readable introduction to an aspect of the way language in used in real life. Other titles in the series: The Discourse of Online Consumer Reviews Camilla Vásquez News Discourse Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple The Discourse of Text Messaging Caroline Tagg The Discourse of Twitter and Social Media Michele Zappavigna Workplace Discourse Almut Koester The Discourse of Blogs and Wikis Greg Myers Professional Discourse Britt-Louise Gunnarsson Academic Discourse Ken Hyland School Discourse Frances Christie Historical Discourse Caroline Coffin Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis Paul Baker Metadiscourse K e n H y l a n d Discourse Analysis An Introduction 2nd edition Brian Paltridge LONDON • NEW DELHI • NEW YORK • SYDNEY Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 80 Maiden Lane London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10038 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com First published 2012 © Brian Paltridge, 2012 All rights reserved.