Lecture 7 Flashcards
IPA is more critical of the idea of language as representing….
Reflecting reality.
Language as a construction yard was developed as language began to be understood as
Social performance
In language as a construction yard language is seen as:
Productive
What does productive language mean?
That is constructs versions of social reality and
Achieves social objectives
Language as a construction yard means that language is used to
Construct versions of things, ppl, ideas and events
Language as a construction yard model - words are never simply
Neutral reflections of reality
Psychology didn’t start turning to language until
1970s
Cognitivism - focus of inquiry is the study of:
Mental representations
The rules that control cognitive mediation
Psychologys turn to language was informed by 2 things:
Post structuralism (lang as construction yard) Critique of cognitivism (Lang as a mirror)
Structuralism is based on the assumption that all phenomena have an
Underlying objective structure that can be discovered if the ‘right’ methods are used. Ie universal laws & structures
Understanding the world is a product of
Understanding language
Our perspectives are by-products of a
Social interchange
An individuals point of view depends upon
Where he/she stands in relation to others
Our perspectives are built into systems of
Communication and relationships
A reflexive statement is acknowledging
Where you stand in relation to your research question, the method used, how you’ve chosen to analyse data and your relationship with your participant has affected your project
Post structuralist…words don’t convey
True representations of mental states
In post structuralism words have
Purpose
As participant have a stake
In post structuralism you have to take into account the ………………within which the people speak.
Social context
What are the first 2 primary assumptions of post structuralism?
- A critical stance toward the taken for granted - critical psych
- Historical and cultural specificity (not universal laws etc)
The second two assumptions of post structuralism:
- Knowledge sustained through social processes (social constructionism)
- Knowledge and social action go together
Two main version of discourse analysis:
DA
FDA
DA just relates to
Speech
the shared understandings of particular phenomena are what make up the idea of discourse in
FDA
DA is concerned with how ppl use
Discursive resources or strategies in order to achieve interpersonal objectives in social interaction
Discursive resources
Discursive strategies
rhetorical devices all mean the
Same thing
The epistemological framework of DA emphasises the
Performative aspects of discourse
In discursive psych. Discourse =
Talk