Disorders of discourse
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Disorders of discourse
（Real language series / general editors, Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire and Euan Reid）
Longman, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-190) and index (p. [191]-200)
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Description
Disorders of Discourse offers an innovative approach to understanding communication and its barriers, in a variety of institutional contexts such as the outpatient clinic, the courtroom or the school. The study presents a new theory which Ruth Wodak terms 'discourse sociolinguistics' which is not only explicitly dedicated to the study of text in context, but places equal emphasis and importance on both factors. Ruth Wodak's approach identifies and describes the underlying mechanisms which help to construct speech barriers. Often embedded in a certain context - in the structure and function of the media, or in institutions such as a hospital or government ministry - these barriers inevitably affect communication. They depend on gaps between distinct cognitive worlds, the gulfs that separate outsiders from insiders, members of institutions from clients, and they are traceable not only to the use of unfamiliar professional or technical jargon but also to the immanent structure of the various discourses themselves. The result is 'frame conflict' in which worlds of knowledge and interest collide with one another.
Those who possess linguistic as well as institutional power invariably prevail.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: orders & disorders 1.1 Discourse sociolinguistics 1.2 Institutional discourse 1.3 Disorders of discourse within organizations 1.4 Methodological considerations: inside versus outside perspective 1.5 Orders, disorders and ideal speech situation: what is the impact of discourse sociolinguistic research? 2. "What pills are you on now" Doctors ask, and patients answer 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Doctor-patient communication 2.3 Discourse and context: a study of everyday life in an outpatient ward 2.4 A typical morning session 2.5 Summary 2.6 The myths of the outpatient ward 3. Hierarchy or democracy? Power and discourse in school committee meetings 3.1 Introduction: 'school partnership' 3.2 Power, control and institutions (schools) 3.3 The data of the study 3.4 A quantative overview 3.5 The qualitative analysis: selective information as a means of power 3.6 Conclusions 4. Understanding the News? Information for the already informed! 4.1 Intorduction 4.2 Project design: language barriers and news 4.3 Digression: What do we mean by 'comprehension' and 'understanding'? 4.4 Critical linguistics and an interpretative theory of Verstehen 4.5 Summary of some significant qualitative results 4.6 The limits of quantification-qualitative analysis of some interview texts 5. "Self reflection and emancipation?" Sociolingustic aspects of the therapeutic process and its effect 5.1 Linguistics and psychotherapy 5.2 Therapeutic communication in groups 5.3 Qualitative text analysis: the therapeutic effect 5.4 Text A: The problem is acute 5.5 Text B: The problem is solved 5.6 Final remarks 6. Conclusion 6.1 The normality of chaos 6.2 The pyramid of power 6.3 'What's new?' 6.4 Therapeutic discourse: a model for change? Bibliography Index
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: [hbk] ISBN 9780582099579
Description
This text offers an innovative approach to understanding communication and its barriers in a variety of institutional contexts, such as the outpatient clinic, the courtroom or the school. The theory which the book presents is called "discourse sociolinguistics" by the author; it is not only explicitly dedicated to the study of text in context, but also places equal emphasis and importance on both factors.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - orders and disorders
- "What pills are you on now?" - doctors ask, and patients answer
- hierarchy or democracy? - power and discourse in school committee meetings
- understanding the news? - information already informed!
- "self reflection and emancipation?" - sociolingustics aspects of the therapeutic process and its effect.
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