Discourse Analysis

Discourse analysis is a qualitative research method that examines language beyond the sentence level within its social and cultural contexts to understand how discourse constructs meaning and maintains social reality.

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2017–2026

8.3K

Variants

Discourse Studies

Parents

LinguisticsWorld Languages

Children

Academic DiscourseCoherenceComputer-mediated DiscourseConversation AnalysisConversation StructureCorpus-based Discourse AnalysisCritical Discourse AnalysisCross-cultural DiscourseDiscourse MarkersGenre Analysis

Publications

34.9K

Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis

Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health · 2019 · 17.3K citations · Full text

Language Studies, Linguistics, Communities Of Practice +6

Discourse and Social Change.

Dwight Fee, Norman Fairclough · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 11.7K citations

Language Studies, Communication, Sociology +14

Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method

Glenn A. Bowen · Qualitative Research Journal · 2009 · 11.6K citations

Social Sciences, Organization Studies, Communication Research Methods +12

Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience.

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1975 · 10.6K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +10

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research

QMiP Bulletin · 2010 · 8.2K citations

Humanities, Psychology, Sexuality Studies +12

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Authors

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Ruth Wodak
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
66 publications · 10.9K citations
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Teun A. van Dijk
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
60 publications · 21.2K citations
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Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
42 publications · 12.4K citations
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Nicholas Asher
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, France
43 publications · 3K citations
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Norman Fairclough
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
37 publications · 21.9K citations
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Language
333 publications · 82.9K citations
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Journal of Pragmatics
870 publications · 76.8K citations
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Discourse & Society
455 publications · 52.2K citations
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 265 publications · 35.8K citations
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Applied Linguistics
194 publications · 31.9K citations
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See also Discourse Analysis
Core Methods	Discourse Analysis Conversation Analysis Content Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis Metaphor Identification Interactional Sociolinguistics Multimodal Discourse Structure Corpus-assisted Critical Discourse Analysis
Variants	Critical Discourse Analysis Political Discourse
Theoretical Foundations	Linguistic Anthropology Critical Discourse Analysis Speech Act Theory Discourse-historical Approach Socio-cognitive Approach
Applications	Organizational Communication Second Language Education Education Policy
Limitations	Methodological Rigor Interpretive Subjectivity Experimental Validation