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'Very clear, comprehensive, yet concise'. `This well-written book is a must for scholars embarking on discourse analysis - it is as valuable to health scientists as it is to social scientists. It translates the dense writings on this topic into a workable research method, and shows the exciting possibilities of an approach that helps us to reflect on how we, as individuals are socially constituted' - Nurse Researcher. Discourse Analysis: Investigating Processes of Social Construction provides a concise, straightforward guide for students and researchers who are interested in understanding and using discourse analysis. Addressed to graduate students, academics and experienced researchers, this book is a comprehensive guide for those new to discourse analysis as well as for researchers in need of a complement to other modes of inquiry.
The Variety of Discourse Analysis
The Variety of Discourse Analysis
The definition of discourse analysis presented in the previous chapter was purposefully broad and inclusive. We chose this definition to encompass as many as possible of the different approaches that are referred to as discourse analysis across the social science literature. Our intention was ...
