Doing Discourse Analysis
Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text
- Linda A. Wood - University of Guelph, Canada
- Rolf O. Kroger - University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Canada
This book is about doing discourse analysis. Its focus is on method, but the method is embedded in a wider theoretical perspective on social life, in the view of language as action, in the recognition that the social world revolves around talk (and writing). What is it that we accomplish by talking? Can we reconceptualize such traditional concepts as attribution and personality in discursive terms or shed light on applied topics, such as sexual abuse and legal adjudication?
Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text draws on conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, and particularly, the discursive approach developed in social psychology. The book presents examples of actual discourse analyses, covers procedures of data collection and strategies for data analysis, and addresses issues of reliability and validity or the scientific warrants for discourse-analytic work.
This book provides both the practical steps for doing discourse analysis and the theoretical justifications for these steps. It is an essential book for students and researchers undertaking discourse analysis.
The book does not provide practical analysis techniques for novice researchers
I would recommend as an introduction text.
Discourse analysis is an under used research method which I would like my students to explore as an option when undertaking their own research.
Great book offering a practical guide to conducting discourse analysis.
A very helpful resource, presenting a good balance of theoretical information and actual examples of discourse analysis of text. The appendices include more material which is helpful to the reader, both at novice and more advanced level.
Sage College Publishing
