9. Discourse analysis

Question 1

What is discourse analysis? (DA Methods)

Answer 1

The analysis of talk and text in their own right

Question 2

What is text and language? (DA Methods)

Answer 2

A construction of the world, more so than a representation

Question 3

What needs to be established in DA? (DA Methods)

Answer 3

• Identity of the reader
• How others are referenced
• The functions of boundaries

Question 4

What is the process of DA? (DA Methods)

Answer 4

1. Formulate research question
2. Gather data
3. Read text
4. Coding
5. Analysis

Question 5

How is data usually gathers? (DA Methods)

Answer 5

• Social media
• News papers
• Interviews

Question 6

What is a disclaimer? (DA Methods)

Answer 6

Explicit disavowal of the stance the speaker subsequently advocates

Question 7

What is state inoculation? (DA Methods)

Answer 7

Speaker rebuts the potential claim, even before they are challenged

Question 8

What is extreme case formulation? (DA Methods)

Answer 8

Semantically extreme words or phrases used to defend a description

Question 9

What is category entitlement? (DA Methods)

Answer 9

We accept certain categories of people, they are entitled to make specific claims due to own knowledge, so accounts are credible

Question 10

What is a passive voice? (DA Methods)

Answer 10

Object and verb but weak, indeterminate subject