Pre-Test Discourse Analysis

Name              : YULIA QAIRUM

SIN                   : 1488203080

Class                : V C

Pre-Test Discourse Analysis

Part A

Please explain briefly

1.      What is DA ?

2.      Please mention 2 major areas of DA

3.      Mentions each 3 experts in DA and their works

4.      Mention each 3 exerts in one specific area of DA and their works (e.g. title of journal, books, or name of theory)

Part B

Explain the DA/CDA terms below (CHOOSE 3 ONLY)

-          Discourse

-          Discursive psychology

-          Text

-          Inter-diciplines

-          Discursive practice

-          Social practice

ANSWER

Part A

1.      Discourse analysis (DA) is a general term for a number of approaches to analyze written, vocal, or sign language use, or any significant semiotic event.

2.      2 major areas of DA

3.      3 experts in DA and their works

-          Leo Spitzer: Discourse Analysis is the examination of any significant semiotic event.

-          Schiffrin Et Al (2003)

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4.      3 exerts in one specific area of DA and their works (e.g. title of journal, books, or name of theory)

-          Hodges, B.D., Kuper, A., & Reeves, S. (2008) Discourse Analysis. British Medical Journal. 337

Part B

-          Discursive psychology (DP) is a form of discourse analysis that focuses on psychological themes in talk, text and images. In discursive psychology the focus is not on psychological matters somehow leaking out into interaction; rather interaction is the primary site where psychological issues are live. It is philosophically opposed to more traditional cognitive approaches to language. It uses studies of naturally occurring conversation to critique the way that topics have been conceptualized and treated in psychology.

-          Discursive Practice is a theory of the linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics of recurring episodes of face-to-face interaction; episodes that have social and cultural significance to a community of speakers. This book examines the discursive practice approach to language-in-interaction, explicating the consequences of grounding language use and language learning in a view of social realities as discursively constructed, of meanings as negotiated through interaction, of the context-bound nature of discourse, and of discourse as social action. The book also addresses how participants’ abilities in a specific discursive practice may be learned, taught, and assessed.

-          Social practice is a theory within psychology that seeks to determine the link between practice and context within social situations. Emphasized as a commitment to change, social practice occurs in two forms: activity and inquiry. Most often applied within the context of human development, social practice involves knowledge production and the theorization and analysis of both institutional and intervention practices.