Frontmatter -- Contents -- The relevance of discourse analysis / Ensink, Titus / Essen, Arthur van / Geest, Ton van der -- Medical discourse -- 1. Interpretations and explanations in discourse. Modes of 'advising' in family planning / Candlin, C.N. / Lucas, J. -- 2. Friendly persuasions. The negotiation of decisions to use oral contraceptives / Fisher, S. / Todd, A.D. -- 3. A quatitative pragmatic analysis of discourse. Some theoretical and practical implications / Geest, T. van der -- 4. Feeling for feelings Expressive information and its role in doctor-patient communication / Bax, M.M.H. -- 5. Conversational control in doctor patient interaction / Berenst, J. -- 6. Notes on 'privacy' in conversations with schizophrenic patients / Bijsterveld, D.M. van -- 7. The evaluation of discourse structures with a probabilistic sequential approach. The case of the psychosomatic ward round / Fehlenberg, D. -- 8. Summarizing in doctor-patient interaction / Houtkoop-Steenstra, H. -- Political discourse -- 9. Public discourse and the problem of social order / Labov, T. / Labov, W. -- 10. Conversational analysis of political interviews A diachronic survey / Schwitalla, J. -- 11. Fantasy theme analysis of presidential debates / Bormann, E.G. -- 12. The normative reconstruction of argumentative discourse. An illustration of its efficacy in the analysis of the confrontation stage in a political discussion / Eemeren, F. van -- 13. Political interviews / Ensink, T. -- 14. The expressive stragegy in the political interview: A system error / Lint, P. van -- 15. General discussion of Political Discourse / Stappers, J.G. -- References -- Contributorsweiterlesen