Discourse analysis

According to Chaudron and Richards (1986), discourse markers “occur as lexical equivalents or complements of more elusive gestural or intonational cues that subtly guide and modulate the participants’ understanding” (p. 1). According to Winston (2016), discourse markers often occur “at the opening and/or closing of topics, or subtopics” and they “indicate [that] a shift or change is about to occur” (p. 2). Transitions are one example of discourse markers that inform the audience that the…

was generic criticism. Generic criticism, as defined by Gault (2008), is a method that entails the categorization of a text into a group composed of similar discourse. Two commencement speeches were analyzed, that of Stephen Colbert, delivered in Knox College Ceremony in June, 2006, and that of Jon Stewart,…

The preoccupation of discourse analysts is to investigate how people, through the variability of language, represent versions of reality within discursive contexts and its implications for knowledge production. Discourse analysts contend that beliefs, attitudes, representations and perceptions of people are not stable and enduring across contexts; rather, they are constructed in accordance with historical and socio-cultural frameworks of discourse and interpersonal interaction. To fully…

Literature as the artifact of culture, it provides significant datum about the social setup and structure, mores and morals, religious ethos and orientation, trends and traditions, values and attitudes of a society in which a protagonist exists or struggles to exist (Spair-Whorf Hypothesis Chapter 1). It is language through which process of construction embarks on issues of identity, cultural, and ideology (Wykes and Gunter 2005:61). It aims to construct, deconstruct or reconstruct the worldview…

Webster, discourse is “a mode or organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (as history or institutions)” (“Discourse,” n.d.). Discourse Analysis focuses on how human exchange ideas, and for interpreters this includes verbal, nonverbal, and signed communication. Interpreters sometimes believe that their main goal should be to learn to sign as many words, sentences, and facial expressions as possible. However, in the article “Intro to…

cultural situations (e.g., Ngo & Unsworth, 2015), or as a methodology for discourse analysis (e.g., Mei & Allison, 2005; Chen, 2010). While appraisal theory has been successfully applied as an analysis framework within different genres, such as media discourse, educational contexts, and legal discourse (Wei, Wherrity & Zhang, 2015), it has also been implemented in L2 research as an instructional (e.g., Haromi, 2014), or discourse analysis (e.g., Ryshina-Pankova & Kugele, 2013; Harman & Xiaodong,…

show attention to audience, purpose, genre, diction, tone, organization, and other aspects of the rhetorical context. In this reflection, I have included four discourses (a personal discourse, a public discourse, a professional discourse, and an academic discourse): a memoir, an event profile, an informational report, and a textual analysis. I have also included six journal entries from throughout the…

Over the past two centuries, discourse regarding sex has significantly increased. This has led to the formation of an entire “sexual mosaic.” Michel Foucault contends, throughout the chapter, that the science of sex was essentially made up of evasions; a will to ignorance. The proliferating dialogue in respect to sex, in actuality, served as a way to conceal sex rather than to expose its truths. Foucault delves even further into the types of discourse on sex that was used, specifically, during…

been built into the school curriculum and implemented across the country (Ministry of Education, 2007; Education Act, 1989). However, before discussion on the fostering of an inclusive educational culture, it is imperative to examine the historical discourses that have shaped public opinion and reason regarding people with disabilities within the wider community. A society that celebrates…

framework to qualitatively investigate the social and psychological factors behind why altruistic kidney donors donate. Furthermore to allow the findings to not be affected by post-donation thoughts and experience the study focussed on pre-donation. Discourse analysis was used to examine how language is used by altruistic kidney donors to think and speak. Nonetheless the positioning theory argues that some participants may choose to…