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Discourse analysis means doing analysis: a critique of six analytic shortcomings
journal contribution
posted on 2005-12-09, 17:10 authored by Charles Antaki, Michael Billig, Derek Edwards, Jonathan PotterA number of ways of treating talk and textual data are identified
which fall short of discourse analysis. They are: (1) under-analysis through
summary; (2) under-analysis through taking sides; (3) under-analysis through
over-quotation or through isolated quotation; (4) the circular identification of
discourses and mental constructs; (5) false survey; and (6) analysis that
consists in simply spotting features. We show, by applying each of these to an
extract from a recorded interview, that none of them actually analyse the data.
We hope that illustrating shortcomings in this way will encourage further
development of rigorous discourse analysis in social psychology.
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- Social Sciences
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- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
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ANTAKI, C. ... et al, 2003. Discourse analysis means doing analysis: a critique Of six analytic shortcomings. Discourse Analysis Online, 1.Publication date
2003Notes
This article has been published in, Discourse Analysis Online, available at: http://www.shu.ac.uk/daol/articles/v1/n1/a1/antaki2002002-t.html.Language
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