How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit is the essential new book from James Paul Gee, bestselling author of An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method . It is the companion text to Gee’s An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method , meant for those interested in learning discourse analysis by doing it. The interdisciplinary approach means that it is suitable for students across a range of subjects, including applied linguistics, anthropology, and communication studies.