Topic
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.
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
More filters
TL;DR: In this paper, a specific theoretical and critical perspective on the discourse of health promotion is developed, and the authors examine health promotion in the light of the new preventive strategies of social administration that have emerged in these societies and that target the 'at risk' individual and utilize the agency of subjects in processes of self-regulation.
Abstract: Employing the concepts of risk and governance, this paper develops a specific theoretical and critical perspective on the discourse of health promotion. The paper begins by examining some problems with the influential formulations of risk offered by Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens. It then discusses some recent Foucaultian contributions on the topics of risk and governance, and particularly the work of Robert Castel, which draw attention to the role of risk discourse and self-regulatory techniques of governance in those societies exhibiting a form of rule known as 'neo-liberalism'. The paper examines health promotion in the light of the new preventive strategies of social administration that have emerged in these societies and that target the 'at risk' individual and utilise the agency of subjects in processes of self-regulation. It explores some implications of the new risk discourse for the self, and raises some questions about the politics of the enterprise of health promotion as a whole.
215 citations
Book•
01 Jan 2001TL;DR: In this paper, the role of language and characterisation in the dialogue of play texts is discussed, focusing on Shakespeare's plays and other genres, including, prose fiction, verse, films, advertisements, jokes and newspapers.
Abstract: Textual Explorations General Editors-Mick Short, Lancaster UniversityElena Semino, Lancaster UniversityThe focus of this series is on the stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts, and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations will include books that cover studies of literary authors, genres and other groupings, stylistic studies of non-literary texts, translation study, the teaching of language and literature, the empirical study of literature, and corpus approaches to stylistics and literature study. Books in the series will centre on texts written in English. Readership of the series is mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students, although advanced sixth formers will also find the books accessible. The series will be of particular interest to those who study English language, English literature, text linguistics, discourse analysis and communication studies.
Language & Characterisation- People in Plays & Other Texts explores how the words of a text create a particular impression of a character in the reader's mind. Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, it is the first book-length study to focus on:
the role of language and characterisation
characterisation in the dialogue of play texts
Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers a wide range of other genres, including, prose fiction, verse, films, advertisements, jokes and newspapers. Language and Characterisation is as practical as it is theoretical and equips readers with analytical frameworks to reveal and explain both the cognitive and the linguistic sides of characterisation. Clear and detailed introductions are given to the theories, and useful suggestions for further analysis are also made at the end of each part of the book. The book will be essential reading for students and researchers of language, literature and communication.
215 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the narrative paradigm is clarified, and a narrative paradigm for narrative narratives is proposed, which can be seen as an alternative to the traditional narrative paradigm, and discussed in detail.
Abstract: (1989). Clarifying the narrative paradigm. Communication Monographs: Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 55-58.
215 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of Japanese rhetorical organization, which is termed as ki-shoo-ten-ketsu, a major rhetorical style in Japanese which does not exist in English.
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of Japanese rhetorical organization. I show first that Kaplan (1966), correctly identifies an allen organizational Schema for Orientais. I then show that his dassification Orientalhas both merits and demerits. Finally, I explicate a major rhetorical style in Japanese which does not exist in English. This style is termed ki-shoo-ten-ketsu. In this style, Ία' introduces the topic; 'shoo'develops the topic; 'ten'forms an abrupt transition ora vaguely related point; and 'ketsu' concludes the topic. Potential problems for ESL learners are 'ten\\ sinceit introduces Informationconsideredirrelevant by Western audiences, and 'ketsu' since it is defined differently in Japanese than conclusion is in English.
215 citations
Book•
01 Nov 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how 10-12 year-old children use talk and literacy to construct knowledge about their social worlds and about themselves, as they negotiate the transition from childhood into adolescence.
Abstract: Drawing on ethnographic research and discourse analysis of children's talk across the school day, the author investigates how 10-12 year-old children use talk and literacy to construct knowledge about their social worlds and about themselves, as they negotiate the transition from childhood into adolescence. Using a Bakhtinian analysis of their dialogues and informal literacy practices, she shows how the children use collaborative verbal strategies, stories of personal experience and the reworked voices of others to investigate the moral order and forge their own identities.
214 citations