Discourse analysis
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| - | {{Template}}'''Discourse analysis''' (DA), or '''discourse studies''', is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken or signed language use. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Discourse analysis''' ('''DA'''), or '''discourse studies''', is an approach to the analysis of written, spoken, or sign language, including any significant [[semiotic]] event. | ||
| - | The objects of discourse analysis—[[discourse]], [[writing]], [[talk]], [[conversation]], communicative [[Phenomenon|event]], etc.—are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of [[Sentence (linguistics)|sentences]], [[propositions]], [[speech acts]] or [[Conversation Analysis#Turn-taking Organization|turns-at-talk]]. Contrary to much of traditional linguistics, discourse analysts not only study language use 'beyond the sentence boundary', but also prefer to analyze 'naturally occurring' language use, and not invented examples. | + | The objects of discourse analysis ([[discourse]], writing, conversation, communicative [[symbolic interactionism|event]]) are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of [[sentence (linguistics)|sentences]], [[proposition]]s, [[speech acts|speech]], or [[Conversation Analysis#Turn-taking organization|turns-at-talk]]. Contrary to much of traditional linguistics, discourse analysts not only study language use 'beyond the sentence boundary' but also prefer to analyze 'naturally occurring' language use, not invented examples. |
| - | Discourse analysis has been taken up in a variety of [[social science]] disciplines, including [[linguistics]], [[anthropology]], [[sociology]], [[cognitive psychology]], [[social psychology]], [[international relations]] and [[communication studies]], each of which is subject to its own assumptions, dimensions of analysis, and methodologies. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Analysis of subjective logics]] | + | *[[Actor (policy debate)]] |
| *[[Critical discourse analysis]] | *[[Critical discourse analysis]] | ||
| *[[Dialogical analysis]] | *[[Dialogical analysis]] | ||
| - | *[[Discourse]] | + | *[[Discourse representation theory]] |
| + | *[[Frame analysis]] | ||
| + | *[[Communicative action]] | ||
| *[[Essex School of discourse analysis]] | *[[Essex School of discourse analysis]] | ||
| *[[Ethnolinguistics]] | *[[Ethnolinguistics]] | ||
| *[[Foucauldian discourse analysis]] | *[[Foucauldian discourse analysis]] | ||
| + | *[[Interpersonal communication]] | ||
| *[[Linguistic anthropology]] | *[[Linguistic anthropology]] | ||
| *[[Narrative analysis]] | *[[Narrative analysis]] | ||
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| *[[Rhetoric]] | *[[Rhetoric]] | ||
| *[[Sociolinguistics]] | *[[Sociolinguistics]] | ||
| + | *[[Statement analysis]] | ||
| *[[Stylistics (linguistics)]] | *[[Stylistics (linguistics)]] | ||
| *[[Worldview]] | *[[Worldview]] | ||
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Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is an approach to the analysis of written, spoken, or sign language, including any significant semiotic event.
The objects of discourse analysis (discourse, writing, conversation, communicative event) are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences, propositions, speech, or turns-at-talk. Contrary to much of traditional linguistics, discourse analysts not only study language use 'beyond the sentence boundary' but also prefer to analyze 'naturally occurring' language use, not invented examples.
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See also
- Actor (policy debate)
- Critical discourse analysis
- Dialogical analysis
- Discourse representation theory
- Frame analysis
- Communicative action
- Essex School of discourse analysis
- Ethnolinguistics
- Foucauldian discourse analysis
- Interpersonal communication
- Linguistic anthropology
- Narrative analysis
- Pragmatics
- Rhetoric
- Sociolinguistics
- Statement analysis
- Stylistics (linguistics)
- Worldview
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