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discourse analysis

noun

discourse analysis

noun
1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Usually Any of a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken or signed language use.

  • Discourse analysis is not just one approach, but a series of interdisciplinary approaches that can be used to explore many different social domains in many different types of studies. (Phillips and Iorgenson 2002: 1)2012, Brian Paltridge, quoting Phillips and Iorgenson, Discourse Analysis: An Introduction, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 14:

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