A Book Review Discourse Analysis: An Introduction By Brian Platridge To begin with, the book entitled “Discourse Analysis: An Introduction” is written by Brian Paltridge. This is the second edition for the very first one for undergraduate students, graduate students, teachers, or even researcher who are interested in this topic. It is focusing on the discourse analysis for those who are interested in it are starting to know further about discourse analysis. The author is a professor of TESOL who has taught English as a second language. He also has published extensively internationally in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, this edition is equipped by a companion website which provides fruitful slides on power-point. The book focuses on discourse analysis including the definition, how it is related to society, pragmatics, genre, conversation, and grammar in chapter one to six. Also, it discusses on the several types of approaches to discourse analysis. Ultimately, it also...