Discourse Analysis

Discourse analysis has been taken up in a variety of disciplines, including Linguistics , Anthropology , Sociology , and Social Psychology , each of which is subject to its own assumptions and methodologies. The following are some of the specific theoretical perspectives and analytical approaches used in linguistic discourse analysis:

Interactional Sociolinguistics

Ethnography Of Communication

Pragmatics , particularly Speech Act Theory

Conversation Analysis , which is based on the research of Harvey Sacks

Variation Analysis

Discursive Psychology , particularly as developed by Jonathan Potter and his student Derek Edwards .

Critical Discourse Analysis , which combines discourse analysis with critical theory (particularly that of the Frankfurt School , Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida , as well as literary, semiotic and psychoanalytic influences from Julia Kristeva , Roland Barthes , and Jacques Lacan ), to create a politically engaged form of linguistic discourse analysis.

Topics of interest to discourse analysts include:

Political Discourse --discourse produced in political forums (such as debates, speeches, and hearings).

Although each approach emphasizes different aspects of language use, they all view language as social interaction, and are concerned with the social contexts in which discourse is embedded.

Recently, this technical tool has started to be used by other fields. For example, there are some applications of "Discourse Analysis" in applied linguistics.

A system devised to analyze a text is called a Text Grammar .

REFERENCES

Gee, J. P. (2005). ''An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method.'' London: Routledge.

Jaworski, A. and Coupland, N. (eds) (1999). ''The Discourse Reader.'' London: Routledge.

Austin, J. L. (1962). ''How to do Things with Words.'' New York: Oxford University Press.

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