Journal•ISSN: 1461-4456
Discourse Studies
SAGE Publishing
About: Discourse Studies is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Conversation analysis & Conversation. It has an ISSN identifier of 1461-4456. Over the lifetime, 1255 publications have been published receiving 31629 citations.
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TL;DR: The authors proposed a framework for the analysis of identity as produced in linguistic interaction, based on the following principles: identity is the product rather than the source of linguis... and identity is generated from linguistic interaction.
Abstract: The article proposes a framework for the analysis of identity as produced in linguistic interaction, based on the following principles: (1) identity is the product rather than the source of linguis...
2,419 citations
TL;DR: A great deal of research has now established that written texts embody interactions between writers and readers as discussed by the authors, and a range of linguistic features have been identified as contributing to the writer's...
Abstract: A great deal of research has now established that written texts embody interactions between writers and readers. A range of linguistic features have been identified as contributing to the writer's ...
1,155 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a discourse-historical method is combined with systemic-functionally oriented methods of text analysis to study the official letters which notify immigrant workers of the rejection of their family reunion applications.
Abstract: Austrian immigration authorities frequently reject the family reunion applications of immigrant workers They justify their decisions not only on legal grounds but also on the basis of their own often prejudiced judgements of the applicants' ability to `integrate' into Austrian society A discourse-historical method is combined with systemic-functionally oriented methods of text analysis to study the official letters which notify immigrant workers of the rejection of their family reunion applications The systemic-functionally oriented methods are used in a detailed analysis of a sample of rejection letters while the discourse-historical method allows this analysis to be intertextually connected to other related genres of discourse and strategies of argumentation, and to the history of post-war immigration in Austria generally
765 citations
TL;DR: This article examined verbal humour in routine interactions within professional workplaces, using material recorded in four New Zealand government departments, and found that the problem of defining humour is disentangled from the task of defining humor.
Abstract: This article examines verbal humour in routine interactions within professional workplaces, using material recorded in four New Zealand government departments. The problem of defining humour is dis...
458 citations
TL;DR: The hierarchical relationship between conversation analysis (CA) and membership categorization analysis (MCA) is discussed in this paper, where a set of clear analytic steps and procedures for conducting MCA are provided.
Abstract: This article has four aims. First, it will consider explicitly, and polemically, the hierarchical relationship between conversation analysis (CA) and membership categorization analysis (MCA). Whilst the CA ‘juggernaut’ flourishes, the MCA ‘milk float’ is in danger of being run off the road. For MCA to survive either as a separate discipline, or within CA as a focus equivalent to other ‘generic orders of conversation’, I suggest it must generate new types of systematic studies and reveal fundamental categorial practices. With such a goal in mind, the second aim of the article is to provide a set of clear analytic steps and procedures for conducting MCA, which are grounded in basic categorial and sequential concerns. Third, the article aims to demonstrate how order can be found in the intuitively ‘messy’ discourse phenomenon of membership categories, and how to approach their analysis systematically as a robust feature of particular action-oriented environments. Through the exemplar analyses, the final aim ...
437 citations