This book focuses on the multifarious aspects of 'fuzzy boundaries' in
the field of discourse studies, a field that is marked by complex
boundary work and a great degree of fuzziness regarding theoretical
frameworks, methodologies, and the use of linguistic categories.
Discourse studies is characterised by a variety of theoretical
frameworks and disciplinary fields, research methodologies, and
lexico-grammatical categories. The contributions in this book explore
some of the nuances and implications of the fuzzy boundaries in these
areas, resulting in a wide-reaching volume which will be of interest to
students and scholars of discourse studies in fields including
sociology, linguistics, international relations, philosophy, literary
criticism and anthropology.