"Ifyouonlyreadonebookondiscourseanalysis，thisistheonetoread.Geeshowsusthatdiscourseanalysisisaboutalotmorethanlinguisticstudy;itsabouthowtokeepfrom，ashesays，gettingphysically，socially，culturally，ormorally“bitten”bytheworld.”ronscollon，GeorgetownUniversityJamesPaulGeepresentsherehisuniqueintegratedapproachtodiscourseanalysis：theanalysisofspodenandwrittenlanguageasitisusedtoenactsocialandculturalperspectivesandidentities.Assumingnopriorknowledgeoflinguistics，JamesPaulGeepresentsbothatheoryoflanguage-in-use，aswellasamethodofresearch.Thismethodismadeupofasetof"toolsofinquiry"andstrategiesforusingthem.Clearlystructuredandwritteninahighlyacceesiblestyle.thebookpresentsthesetoolsofinquiryalongsidethetheoryoflanguage-in-use.Theyarethenplacedintheframeworkofanoverallapproachtodiscourseanalysis.Finallyanextendedexampleofdiscourseanalysisispresentedusingsomeofthetoolsandstrategiesdevelopedearlierinthebook.Perspectivesfromavarietyofapproachesanddisciplines，includingappliedlinguistics，educaion.Psychology.anthropology，andcomunication，areincorporatedtohelpstudentsandscholarsfromarangeofbackgroundsformulatetheirownviewsondiscourseandengageintheirowndiscourseanalyses.JamesPaulGeeisthetashiaMorgridgeProfessorofReadingattheUniversityofWisconsinatMadison.Hispreviouspublicationsincludesocialinguisticsanditeracies，thesocialMind，andTheNewWorkorder(withGlyndaHullandColinLankshear).