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Discourse analysis
About: Discourse analysis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 16055 publications have been published within this topic receiving 515384 citations. The topic is also known as: DA & discourse studies.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore self-presentation and alliances in e-mail discourse, and its framework is informed by interactional sociolinguistics and ethnography of communication.
Abstract: The recent proliferation of linguistic studies of computer-mediated communication is marked by an emphasis on communication between virtual acquaintances as well as by a limited cross-fertilization with current advances in sociolinguistically oriented discourse analysis. The point of departure for this paper is the need for a more inclusive strategy in relevant research, in particular in the form of contextualized approaches to computer-mediated discourse which will shed light on the diversity and multiplicity of the text-context relationships in the ever-growing electronic medium. In addition, the study wishes to redress the balance in relation to the data sources in the volume of research by focusing on e(lectronic)-mail which is (1) exchanged between people who are well-acquainted and (2) written in Greek. The paper sets out to explore self-presentation and alliances in e-mail discourse, and its framework is informed by interactional sociolinguistics and ethnography of communication. The results of the data analysis bring to the fore certain discourse features which are proposed as forming the conventionalized style of e-mail and providing the frame for the major contextualization cues in the data. These are realized by certain patterns of recurrent code-centered choices (code-switches and style-shifts) which prove to (re-)frame footings of symmetrical alignments and intimacy between e-mail participants.
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TL;DR: The role of Twitter is discussed in an intermediate French class, in which students tweeted weekly with each other and with native French speakers to build community among learners in the U.S. and in France and to provide opportunities for creative language practice outside of class time.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of classroom discourse in supporting children's learning in Kenyan primary schools was investigated using discourse analysis and semi-structured interviews with 27 teachers teaching English, mathematics and science across the primary phase.
Abstract: This paper addresses the role of classroom discourse in supporting children’s learning in Kenyan primary schools. The discourse strategies of 27 teachers teaching English, mathematics and science across the primary phase were intensively studied using discourse analysis and semi‐structured interviews. A survey questionnaire (n = 359) was also used to explore teacher perceptions of classroom discourse practices. The findings revealed the dominance of teacher‐led recitation in which rote and repetition dominated the classroom discourse with little attention being paid to securing pupil understanding. The wider implications of the findings for improving the quality of classroom discourse in Kenyan primary schools are considered together with the need for further research into how the wider social order is influencing discourse practices in Kenyan primary schools.
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01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: Exercises for Lexical Cohesion: Using Synonyms, Word Repetition, and Ellipsis for larger patterns.
Abstract: A practical, `user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis. Text and Discourse Analysis:
* examines a wide variety of authentic texts including news stories, adverts, novels, official forms, instruction manuals and textbooks* contains numerous practical activities* looks at a range of cohesive devices* concludes by looking at larger patterns in texts, a set of further exercises and a guide for further reading* provides a hands-on guide to an area of growing importance in language study.
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TL;DR: This study proposes that the definition and criteria for mental disorder are based on assumptions about normal behaviour that relate to productivity, unity, moderation and rationality.
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to explore how the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) 1994, (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) defines mental disorder and the theoretical assumptions upon which this is based. The analysis examines how the current definition has been constructed and what the criteria for specific mental disorders suggest about what is regarded as normal. The method employed for the research was a critical discourse analysis. This critical approach to research is primarily concerned with analysis of the use of language and the reproduction of dominant belief systems in discourse. It involves systematic and repeated readings of the DSM-IV (1994) to examine what evidence was employed by the text to substantiate its definition of mental disorder and how in the process some assumptions are made about what constitutes normality. This study challenges a central assumption in the DSM-IV’s (1994) definition: that it is a pattern or syndrome ‘that occurs in an individual’. The proposal that it occurs in an individual implies that it is a consequence of faulty individual functioning. This effectively excludes the social and cultural context in which experiences occur and ignores the role of discourse in shaping subjectivity and social relations. This study proposes that the definition and criteria for mental disorder are based on assumptions about normal behaviour that relate to productivity, unity, moderation and rationality. The influence of this authoritative image of normality pervades many areas of social life and pathologises experiences that could be regarded as responses to life events.
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