TY - BOOK AU - Bazerman,Charles AU - Prior,Paul A. TI - What writing does and how it does it: an introduction to analyzing texts and textual practices SN - 0805838058 AV - PE1404 .W456 2004 U1 - 808.042071 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Mahwah, N.J. PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates KW - English language KW - Composition and exercises KW - Study and teaching KW - Rhetoric KW - Report writing KW - Discourse analysis N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-356) and index; Introduction; Charles Bazerman and Paul Prior --; Pt. I; Analyzing Texts --; 1; Content Analysis: What Texts Talk About; Thomas Huckin --; 2; Poetics and Narrativity: How Texts Tell Stories; Philip Eubanks --; 3; Linguistic Discourse Analysis: How the Language in Texts Works; Ellen Barton --; 4; Intertextuality: How Texts Rely on Other Texts; Charles Bazerman --; 5; Code-Switching and Second Language Writing: How Multiple Codes Are Combined in a Text; Marcia Z. Buell --; 6; The Multiple Media of Texts: How Onscreen and Paper Texts Incorporate Words, Images, and Other Media; Anne Frances Wysocki --; Pt. II; Analyzing Textual Practices --; 7; Tracing Process: How Texts Come Into Being; Paul Prior --; 8; Speaking and Writing: How Talk and Text Interact in Situated Practices; Kevin Leander and Paul Prior --; 9; Children's Writing: How Textual Forms, Contextual Forces, and Textual Politics Co-Emerge; George Kamberelis and Lenora de la Luna --; 10; Rhetorical Analysis: Understanding How Texts Persuade Readers; Jack Selzer --; 11; Speech Acts, Genres, and Activity Systems: How Texts Organize Activity and People; Charles Bazerman N2 - "With its broad range of methodological examples, What Writing Does and How It Does It is a unique and invaluable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and for researchers in education, composition, ESL and applied linguistics, communication, L1 and L2 learning, print media, and electronic media. It will also be useful in all social sciences that place importance on texts and textual practices, such as education, English, writing, and rhetoric."--BOOK JACKET ER -