This book was first published in 1993 by Routledge. ©1993 Selection and editorial matter, Erica Burman and Ian Parker; individual chapters, the contributors. The ISBN for the paperback was 0-415-09721-5 and for the hardback it was 0-415-09720-7. The page numbering has been marked in this web-text of the book by numbers in square brackets, so when you see a number appear you know that you are moving into that number page of the book (e.g., when you read [12] you know that the text to follow this was originally on page 12). The full reference for the book that you can still use for citations and quotes is: Burman, E. and Parker, I. (eds) (1993) Discourse Analytic Research: Repertoires and Readings of Texts in Action. London: Routledge. You can access the different sections of the book now by clicking on the relevant headings in the Contents below. Many thanks to Marilyn Barnett for scanning and correcting the text.