Discourse Flashcards
historical perspective
meaning is understood semantically through linguistic theory
we know there a multiple meanings e.g. dictionary
discourse
more complexity to those ideas about meaning generation,
speaking has
-cultural relevance
- historical
- context of when you do and don’t speak
- complex subtleties in second language and dialectics
we use language all the time to describe human experiences and to describe the truth, there is a problem there.
you can find out your own subjective interpretations as a gateway into understanding discourse
discursive constructions; smaller sets of meaning, and subject positions (roles, power - process around the subject positioning, anything attached to people)
what does language achieve in the context it lives in
what actions are being made more or less possible by the way language is being used
subjects and objects used in language
what identity someone inhabits in the moment is what is relevant to the subject positioning thinking
discursive constructions v discourses
constructions; narrower sets of meaning
larger sets of meaning
workshop questions
• What discursive constructions (narrower sets of meaning) /discourses (larger sets of meaning) appear to be present in the text?
The discourse is - british discussion of the necessity of school, and social conforming, an adult and teenagers challenged on how things should be challenging them to think of a method of schooling and social rules that make sense - the value of school to constructing individuals to be ‘workers’
red card yellow card - strait forward easy to follow rules, perhaps unlike what they perceive to be a changing goal post
rudeness as a construction
post industrial v modern education
• What subject positions appear to be present in the text?
ex students and researcher, friendly but still in some position of power controlling the flow of conversation, assessing and taking data from them, they are consenting to providing there info and ideas for research
• What is the language achieving in the text at that point?
establishing personality, relationships to teachers, police, and researcher, showing humor, desire for fun, showing frustration and hurt at the injustices perceived,
victim mentality
• What assumptions might the text rely on to be presented a certain way?
that people will be compassionate in understanding the reasons for behavior, moving goal posts and upbringing not matching social expectations. Or alternately assuming a normative social structure and seeing them as they have been seen by the school and police
• What actions are being made more possible by discursive constructions? What actions are being made less possible by discursive constructions?
the action of getting the boys to consider the school that would work for them, they are avoiding it, getting them to see themselves as complex not just bad, but they are drawing a bad stereotyped student that they are also playing into. The boys discourse itself narrows there ability to construct any other identity or consider any other way of being. The friendly relationship between researcher and student is enabled through her banter and the drawing activity
