0 the analysis of spoken or written texts that contain more than one sentence, including their social context: --
We can see two approaches to language: sentence linguistics and discourse analysis.
It seems to me that we have no end of critical discourse analysis which focuses on power and how it oppresses.
Discourse analysis is predominantly a qualitative approach which does not presuppose a single verifiable truth; rather, it aims at 'accounting for the discourse' (ibid 28).
This is achieved without the use of discourse analysis methods largely because the generic/actual framework is a succinct, yet expressive, frame for capturing reasoning.
The chat logs were collected and analysed via descriptive statistics and discourse analysis.
In general, discourse analysis has an epistemological rather than ontological objective.
The ethnographically informed discourse analysis shows the importance of balancing different kinds of pedagogic discourses within the classroom.
A significant methodological critique against discourse analysis has to do with being able to show exactly how the findings relate to data.
Discourse analysis can illuminate how the experience of ageing and later life is lived through face-to-face interaction.
