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Discursive approaches

Charley Cole 10 questions

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  1. 1Social constructionism is...
    1. Athe rejection of the possibility of objective truths and universal facts; idea of objective truth as fantasy.
    2. Bthe belief of objective truth and universal facts.
    3. Cthe belief that there are multiple realities.
  2. 2In social constructionism, knowledge is: (2)
    1. Aviewed as product of social interactions and social processes.
    2. Bviewed as inevitably partial, political and socially contingent.
    3. Cviewed as an objective truth.
  3. 3Rather than attempting to uncover truths, social constructionist researchers focus on analysing how realities and meanings are constructed.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  4. 4Discourse oriented research involves:
    1. Aa critical re-theorisation of language.
    2. Bcoding large quantities of text.
    3. Cuncovering truths.
  5. 5Why use discursive approaches?
    1. Ato explore social processes in discourse.
    2. Bto explore social power dynamics and its consequences.
    3. Cto explore dynamics in interaction and the productivity of language.
    4. D'stirring up' any unjust status quo.
    5. Eall of the above.
  6. 6What are the purposes of discursive analysis?
    1. Aa) to qualitatively analyse discourse.
    2. Bb) to identify how particular topics, issues,objects are discursively constructed.
    3. Cc) to explore the multiplicity of constructions and relationships between these constructions.
    4. Dd) to analyse the functions/significance of the discursive resources articulated in the text.
    5. Ec & d.
    6. Fall of the above.
  7. 7When analysing features of text, researchers look at construction, variation and function.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  8. 8[blank_start]Construction[blank_end] refers to how identity, event, illness etc. are constructed in this particular socio-economic discursive context.
    [blank_start]Variation[blank_end] refers to objects of the study being constructed in multiple ways.
    [blank_start]Function[blank_end] refers to the outcome or significance of this construction.
    1. AConstruction
    2. BVariation
    3. CFunction
    4. DVariation
    5. EConstruction
    6. FFunction
    7. GFunction
    8. HConstruction
    9. IVariation
  9. 9When looking at macro DA what questions should be asked of the data? (4)
    1. Awhat kinds of objects, themes or metaphors are there in the text?
    2. Bhow is X discursively constructed?
    3. Cwhat is the relationship between these constructions?
    4. Dwhat is the significance of this particular way of talking?
    5. Ewhat rhetorical/argumentative devices are used?
    6. Fwhat are the functions of the various features of the talk?
  10. 10When looking at mirco DA what questions should be asked of the text? (4)
    1. Awhat rhetorical or argumentative devices are used?
    2. Bwhat are the functions of the various features of the text?
    3. Chow is this account presented as a factual account?
    4. Dhow are competing accounts understood or undermined?
    5. Ehow is X discursively constructed?
    6. Fwhat is the relationship between these constructs?

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Quiz on Discursive approaches, created by Charley Cole on 04/05/2017.
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