A practical, `user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis.Text and Discourse Analysis:* examines a wide variety of authentic texts including news stories, adverts, novels, official forms, instruction manuals and textbooks* contains numerous practical activities* looks at a range of cohesive devices* concludes by looking at larger patterns in texts, a set of further exercises and a guide for further reading.* provides a hands-on guide to an area of growing importance in language study