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What can language tell us about society? Looking at a range of
genres, from political speeches to internet chat, this book shows
how qualitative methods are used to analyse discourses throughout
the social sciences. The practical problems of designing and
conducting discourse-based research are solved in this key resource
for all social scientists.
Blogs and Wikis have not been with us for long, but have made a
huge impact on society. Wikipedia is the best known exemplar of the
wiki, a collaborative site that leads to a single text claimed by
no-one; blogs, or web-logs, have exploded into the mainstream
through novelisations, film adaptations and have gathered huge
followings. Blogs and wikis also serve to provide a coherent basis
for a discourse analysis of specific web language. What makes these
forms distinctive as genres, and what ramifications does the
technology have on the language? Myers looks at how blogs and
wikis: *allow for easier than ever publication *can claim to
challenge institutional hierarchies *provide alternate perspectives
on events *exemplify globalization *challenge demarcations between
the personal and the public *construct new communities and more
Drawing on a wide range of popular blogs and wikis, the book works
alongside an author blog that contains regularly updated links,
references and a glossary. An essential textbook for upper level
undergraduates on linguistics and language studies courses, it
elucidates, informs and offers insights into a major new type of
discourse. This coursebook will include a companion website.
This book has evolved from a Workshop on Computerized Speech
Corpora, held at Lancaster University in 1993. It brings together
the findings presented in a clear and coherent manner, focussing on
the advantages and disadvantages of particular transcription or
mark-up practice.
This book has evolved from a Workshop on Computerized Speech
Corpora, held at Lancaster University in 1993. It brings together
the findings presented in a clear and coherent manner, focussing on
the advantages and disadvantages of particular transcription or
mark-up practice.
Matters of Opinion offers an interesting insight into 'public
opinion' as reported in the media, asking where these opinions
actually come from, and how they have their effects. Drawing on the
analysis of conversations from focus groups, phone-ins and
broadcast interviews with members of the public, Greg Myers argues
that we must go back to these encounters, asking questions such as
what members of the public thought they were being asked, who they
were talking as, and whom they were talking to. He reveals that
people don't carry a store of opinions, ready to tell strangers;
they use opinions in order to get along with other people, and how
they say things is as important as what they say. Engaging and
informative, this book illuminates debates on research methods, the
public sphere and deliberative democracy, on broadcast talk, and on
what it means to participate in public life.
Matters of Opinion offers an interesting new insight into 'public
opinion' as reported in the media, asking where these opinions
actually come from, and how they have their effects. Drawing on the
analysis of conversations from focus groups, phone-ins and
broadcast interviews with members of the public, Greg Myers argues
that we must go back to these encounters, asking questions such as
what members of the public thought they were being asked, who they
were talking as, and whom they were talking to. He reveals that
people don't carry a store of opinions, ready to tell strangers;
they use opinions in order to get along with other people, and how
they say things is as important as what they say. Engaging and
informative, this book illuminates current debates on research
methods, the public sphere and deliberative democracy, on broadcast
talk, and on what it means to participate in public life.
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