Language in qualitative research
What is meant by the term “ethnographic particulars”?
Specific people who are involved as key informants in an ethnography
A participant observation schedule that is used in qualitative research
Factors outside the immediate context of an interaction
The “here-and-now” context of situated talk
Factors outside the immediate context of an interaction
Potter (1997, cited on page 532) argues that discourse analysts prefer not to make reference to “ethnographic particulars” in their analysis: this means that they focus on the “here-and-now” aspects of a situated encounter rather than the wider social context in which it occurs. However, Bryman (p533) suggests that discourse analysts are more likely to take external factors into account than conversation analysts, perhaps partly because the conversation can be understood in- and of-itself, whereas discourses in general may need help in the form of location and time, for example.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 532-533
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 532-533
Factors outside the immediate context of an interaction Potter (1997, cited on page 532) argues that discourse analysts prefer not to make reference to “ethnographic particulars” in their analysis: this means that they focus on the “here-and-now” aspects of a situated encounter rather than the wider social context in which it occurs. However, Bryman (p533) suggests that discourse analysts are more likely to take external factors into account than conversation analysts, perhaps partly because the conversation can be understood in- and of-itself, whereas discourses in general may need help in the form of location and time, for example.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 532-533
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 532-533
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What do discourse analysts study?A. Forms of communication other than talk
B. The way discourses “frame” our understanding of the social world
C. The rhetorical styles used in written and oral communication
D. All of the above
What have conversation analysts found that people generally do to “repair” the damage caused by a “dispreferred response”?
A. Provide justifications for their action
B. Correct themselves and give the preferred response
C. Brazen it out and pretend they don’t care
D. Run away in a panic
What is meant by the term “adjacency pair” in CA?
A. An interviewer and interviewee sitting next to each other
B. Two linked phases of conversation
C. Two similar questions asked in rapid succession
D. A mechanism used to repair an embarrassing mistake
The anti-realist inclination of many DA researchers is controversial because it leads them to assert that:
A. There is no pre-existing material reality that constrains individual action
B. Social structures determine the way individuals use language
C. The technique is incompatible with feminist principles
D. Quantitative research is inherently superior to qualitative research
In a CA transcript, what does the symbol “(.)” stand for?
A. Intake of breath
B. Prolonged sound
C. Emphasis on the next word
D. Slight pause
In CA, the term “indexicality” means that:
A. The meaning of an utterance depends on the context in which it is used
B. Speech acts can be listed and indexed after transcription
C. Words are constitutive of the social world in which they are located
D. People tend to wave their index finger in the air while speaking
Conversation Analysis (CA) and Discourse Analysis (DA) differ from other qualitative research methods in that they treat language as:
A. A method rather than a theory
B. A resource rather than a topic
C. A theory rather than a method
D. A topic rather than a resource
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