Discourse Analysis Means Doing Analysis: A Critique Of Six Analytic Shortcomings
Abstract
A 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.Keywords
Análisis del discurso, Métodos cualitativos, Metodología de investigaciónPublished
2003-05-01
How to Cite
Antaki, C., Billig, M., Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (2003). Discourse Analysis Means Doing Analysis: A Critique Of Six Analytic Shortcomings. Athenea Digital. Revista De Pensamiento E investigación Social, 1(3), 14–35. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v1n3.64
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