Construction, Function And Variability

Question 0

____ asks the questions: how is a particular account put together? What are the linguistic resources that are harnessed to make this account work and seem reasonable and possible?

Answer 0

Construction

Question 1

Three key features that are important within ____ psychology are construction, function and variability.

Answer 1

discursive

Question 2

Such resources are often referred to as ____ ____, which are defined as systematically related sets of terms, often used with stylistic and grammatical coherence, and often organised around one or more central metaphors.

Answer 2

interpretative repertoires

Question 3

Function attends to the active, ‘doing’ elements of our talk. ____ ____ focuses on the things that are achieved by particular characterisations, evaluations and descriptions.

Answer 3

Functional analysis

Question 4

When considering the dynamic and functional aspects of text, versions of events over examined for possible interpersonal and psychological achievements, such as ____, ____ and ____.

Answer 4

accountability, blame and causality

Question 5

Such analysis has important implications for how we make ____ and assign ____ for events. Importantly, these activities all occur within the particular way in which accounts are constructed.

Answer 5

attributions : responsibility

Question 6

_____ is assumed to exist as a natural feature of language use. Further, variability is argued is having a unique relationship with function.

Answer 6

Variability

Question 7

Variability is important as it highlights the importance of taking ____ into account when providing an analysis. Further, context is regarded as a crucial issue with studying how people use language to understand and make sense of their social world.

Answer 7

context