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Discourse: Patterns of Complex Adaptation
The dynamics of conversation in a learning community as a special case of complex adaptive systems.
http://www.winternet.com/~eoyang/discourse.htm

Interpretation and Indeterminancy in Discourse Analysis
Article by Steven Hoenisch.
http://www.criticism.com/da/da_indet.html

A Wittgensteinian Approach to Discourse Analysis
Article by Steven M. Hoenisch. Examines influence of Wittgenstein on Gricean pragamtics, and on Searle's speech act theory, to motivate Discourse Analysis.
http://www.criticism.com/da/lw_da.html

Social Significance Of Patterns Of Questioning In Classroom Discourse
Article by Sarah Hickman discussing what educators need to know about patterns of classroom discourse, to best appraise the needs of their students.
http://cla.libart.calpoly.edu/~jbattenb/papers/hickman.html