Discourse And Practice

Author : Theo van Leeuwen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199886616

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Discourse and Practice by Theo van Leeuwen Pdf

Adding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together van Leeuwen's methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, van Leeuwen argues, is a resource for representation, a knowledge about some aspect of reality which can be drawn upon when that aspect of reality has to be represented, a framework for making sense of things. And they are plural. There can be different discourses, different ways of making sense of the same aspect of reality that serve different interests and will therefore be used in different social contexts. However abstract some discourses are, discourses ultimately always represent doings, van Leeuwen argues. Doing is the foundation of knowing, and social practices are the foundation of discourses. Studying children's books, newspaper reports, brochures and other texts, as well as photographs and children's toys, van Leeuwen investigates what can happen when practices are transformed into discourses and provides analytical tools for reconstructing discourses from texts. Throughout the book, van Leeuwen makes connections between sociological and linguistic or semiotic concepts and methods to ensure the social and critical relevance of his analytical categories. van Leeuwen's work has already been widely used by critical discourse analysts across the world. This volume will be a welcome guide for anyone looking for a form of discourse analysis that is both explicit and methodical, and critically incisive.

Author : Christopher Hall,Kirsi Juhila,Maureen Matarese,Carolus van Nijnatten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136194979

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Analysing Social Work Communication by Christopher Hall,Kirsi Juhila,Maureen Matarese,Carolus van Nijnatten Pdf

With communication and relationships at the core of social work, this book reveals the way it is foremost a practice that becomes reality in dialogue, illuminating some of the profession’s key dilemmas. Applied discourse studies illustrate the importance of talk and interaction in the construction of everyday and institutional life. This book provides a detailed review and illustration of the contribution of discourse approaches and studies on professional interaction to social work. Concentrating on how social workers carry out their work in everyday organisational encounters with service users and colleagues, each chapter uses case studies analysing real-life social work interactions to explore a concept that has relevance both in discursive studies and in social work. The book thus demonstrates what detailed discursive studies on interaction can add to professional social work theories and discussions. Chapters on categorization, accountability, boundary work, narrative, advice-giving, resistance, delicacy and reported speech, review the literature and discuss how the concept has been developed and how it can be applied to social work. The book encourages professional reflection and the development of rigorous research methods, making it particularly appropriate for postgraduate and post-qualifying study in social work where participants are encouraged to examine their own professional practice. It is also essential reading for social work academics and researchers interested in language, communication and relationship-based work and in the study of professional practices more generally.

Author : Jef Verschueren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Communication in politics
ISBN : 1032072881

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Complicity in Discourse and Practice by Jef Verschueren Pdf

"Complicity in Discourse and Practice is a call to action for readers and a plea for actively minding the ecology of the public sphere"--

Author : Margaret Wetherell,Stephanie Taylor,Simeon J Yates
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0761971564

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Discourse Theory and Practice by Margaret Wetherell,Stephanie Taylor,Simeon J Yates Pdf

Discourse Theory and Practice is much more than a collection of key classic articles and papers in the field of discourse analysis. The aim of the book is to introduce students to the major figures in the field, and to some of their writings which, combined with the interspersed editorial commentaries, should allow students to understand the key epistemological and methodological issues of discourse theory and practice. The Reader is organized into four coherent Parts, namely: Foundations and Building Blocks; Social Interaction; Minds, Selves and Sense-Making; and Culture and Social Relations. Key readings include works by Stuart Hall, Jonathan Potter, David Silverman, Erving Goffman, Teun van Dijk, Derek Edwards and Michael Billig. Chapters introduce the student to each individual and their reading, contextualizing each in terms of their contribution to the field, theoretical standpoint and individual method of doing discourse analysis. The many didactic elements of the book make it ideal as an introduction to the study of discourse for all students of psychology, sociology, linguistics or cultural studies.

Author : Daniel Marcu
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262133725

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The Theory and Practice of Discourse Parsing and Summarization by Daniel Marcu Pdf

Most discourse researchers assume that full semantic understanding is necessary to derive the discourse structure of texts. This book documents an attempt to construct and use automatic and non-semantic computational structures for text summarization.

Author : Meriel Bloor,Thomas Bloor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781444116748

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The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: an Introduction by Meriel Bloor,Thomas Bloor Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the aims, theories and practices of critical discourse analysis (CDA). It is mainly concerned with the linguistic aspects of CDA. It provides an introduction to the different types of language analysis that are employed in CDA (frequency analysis, coversation, transitivity and reference, and figurative language, for example) and seeks to provide readers with the skills to apply them in different contexts to various types of texts: political speeches, marketing pieces, literary works, advertising, multimedia persuasive texts, discourses on race, gender, and politics.

Author : Kalpana Wilson
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780325644

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Race, Racism and Development by Kalpana Wilson Pdf

Race, Racism and Development places racism and constructions of race at the centre of an exploration of the dominant discourses, structures and practices of development. Combining insights from postcolonial and race critical theory with a political economy framework, it puts forward provocative theoretical analyses of the relationships between development, race, capital, embodiment and resistance in historical and contemporary contexts. Exposing how race is central to development policies and practices relating to human rights, security, good governance, HIV/AIDS, population control, NGOs, visual representations and the role of diasporas in development, the book raises compelling questions about contemporary imperialism and the possibilities for transnational political solidarity.

Author : Lene Hansen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134339600

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Security as Practice by Lene Hansen Pdf

This important text offers a full and detailed account of how to use discourse analysis to study foreign policy. It provides a poststructuralist theory of the relationship between identity and foreign policy and an in-depth discussion of the methodology of discourse analysis. Part I offers a detailed discussion of the concept of identity, the intertextual relationship between official foreign policy discourse and oppositional and media discourses and of the importance of genres for authors' ability to establish themselves as having authority and knowledge. Lene Hansen devotes particular attention to methodology and provides explicit directions for how to build discourse analytical research designs Part II applies discourse analytical theory and methodology in a detailed analysis of the Western debate on the Bosnian war. This analysis includes a historical genealogy of the Western construction of the Balkans as well as readings of the official British and American policies, the debate in the House of Commons and the US Senate, Western media representations, academic debates and travel writing and autobiography. Providing an introduction to discourse analysis and critical perspectives on international relations, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of international relations, discourse analysis and research methodology.

Author : P. Prior,J. Hengst
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230250628

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Exploring Semiotic Remediation as Discourse Practice by P. Prior,J. Hengst Pdf

Through theoretical and methodological frameworks, researchers from writing studies, communication disorders, communication studies, applied linguistics, anthropology, and education, argue for a new dialogic approach to multimodality as a question of semiotic practices as well as multimodal artifacts.

Author : Laura Shepherd
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848136816

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Gender, Violence and Security by Laura Shepherd Pdf

How do understandings of the relationships between gender, violence, security and the international inform policy and practice in which these notions are central? What are the practical implications of basing policy on problematic discourses? In this highly original poststructural feminist critique, the author maps the discursive terrains of institutions, both NGOs and the UN, which formulate and implement resolutions and guides of practice that affect gender issues in the context of international policy practices. The author investigates UN Security Council Resolution 1325, passed in 2000 to address gender issues in conflict areas, in order to examine the discursive construction of security policy that takes gender seriously. In doing so, she argues that language is not merely descriptive of social/political reality but rather constitutive of it. Moving from concept to discourse, and in turn to practice, the author analyses the ways in which the resolution's discursive construction had an enormous influence over the practicalities of its implementation, and how the resulting tensions and inconsistencies in its construction contributed to its failures. The book argues for a re-conceptualisation of gendered violence in conjunction with security, in order to avoid partial and highly problematic understandings of their practical relationship. Drawing together theoretical work on discourses of gender violence and international security, sexualised violence in war, gender and peace processes, and the domestic-international dichotomy with her own rigorous empirical investigation, the author develops a compelling discourse-theoretical analysis that promises to have far-reaching impact in both academic and policy environments.

Author : Matthew Butcher,Megan O'Shea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : ARCHITECTURE
ISBN : 1787356361

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Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice by Matthew Butcher,Megan O'Shea Pdf

Author : Christopher N. Candlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317149958

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Discourse and Practice in International Commercial Arbitration by Christopher N. Candlin Pdf

It is increasingly held that international commercial arbitration is becoming colonized by litigation. This book addresses, in a range of ways and from various locations and sites, those aspects of arbitration practice that are considered crucial for its integrity as an institution and its independence as a professional practice. The chapters offer multiple perspectives on the major issues in play, highlighting challenges facing the institution of arbitration, and identifying opportunities available for its development as an institution. The evidence of arbitration practice presented is set against the background of practitioner perceptions and experience from more than 20 countries. The volume will serve as a useful resource for all scholars and practitioners interested in the institution of arbitration and its professional practices.

Author : Rodney H Jones,Alice Chik,Christoph A Hafner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317537007

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Discourse and Digital Practices by Rodney H Jones,Alice Chik,Christoph A Hafner Pdf

Discourse and Digital Practices shows how tools from discourse analysis can be used to help us understand new communication practices associated with digital media, from video gaming and social networking to apps and photo sharing. This cutting-edge book: draws together fourteen eminent scholars in the field including James Paul Gee, David Barton, Ilana Snyder, Phil Benson, Victoria Carrington, Guy Merchant, Camilla Vasquez, Neil Selwyn and Rodney Jones answers the central question: "How does discourse analysis enable us to understand digital practices?" addresses a different type of digital media in each chapter demonstrates how digital practices and the associated new technologies challenge discourse analysts to adapt traditional analytic tools and formulate new theories and methodologies examines digital practices from a wide variety of approaches including textual analysis, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, multimodal discourse analysis, object ethnography, geosemiotics, and critical discourse analysis. Discourse and Digital Practices will be of interest to advanced students studying courses on digital literacies or language and digital practices.

Author : Margaret Wetherell,Simeon Yates,Stephanie Taylor
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761971564

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Discourse Theory and Practice by Margaret Wetherell,Simeon Yates,Stephanie Taylor Pdf

This text provides specially written profiles of eight key discourse analysts, describing each one's main contribution to the field, and introducing their method of discourse analysis.

Author : Kok-Sing Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000209402

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Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning by Kok-Sing Tang Pdf

This engaging and practical volume looks at discourse strategies and how they can be used to facilitate and enhance science teaching and learning within the classroom context, offering a synthesis of research on classroom discourse in science education as well as practical discourse strategies that can be applied to the classroom. Focusing on the connection between research and practice, this comprehensive guide unpacks and illustrates key concepts on the role of discourse in students’ thinking and learning based on empirical analysis of real conversations in a number of science classrooms. Using real-life classroom examples to extend the scope of research into science classroom discourse begun during the 1990s, Kok-Sing Tang offers original discourse strategies as explicit methods of using discourse to engage in meaning-making and work towards a specific instructional goal. This volume covers new and informative topics including how to use discourse to: Establish classroom activity and interaction Build and assess scientific content knowledge Organize and evaluate scientific narrative Enact scientific practices Coordinate the use of multimodal representations Building on more than ten years of research on classroom discourse, Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning is an ideal text for science teacher educators, pre-service science teachers, scholars, and researchers.