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Discourse analysis
Analysis of social and lingual policy, or historiographical discourse phenomena
Discourse analysis
Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is a collection of approaches to the analysis or study of any written, spoken, or sign communication discourse including any semiotic event. The objects of discourse analysis (discourse, writing, conversation, communicative event) are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences, propositions, speech, or turns-at-talk. Contrary to much of traditional linguistics, discourse analysts not only study language use 'beyond the sentence boundary' but also prefer to analyze 'naturally occurring' language use, not invented examples. Text linguistics is a closely related field. The essential difference between discourse analysis and text linguistics is that discourse analysis aims at sociological or psychological insights rather than text structure for its own sake. Some approaches use discourse as a guide to common psychological characteristics , such as personality traits while others in discursive psychology seek explanations more...
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