Discursive Research in Practice: New Approaches to Psychology and Interaction

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Alexa Hepburn, Sally Wiggins
Cambridge University Press, Jul 12, 2007 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 322 pages
Over the past few decades new ways of conceiving the relation between people, practices and institutions have been developed, enabling an understanding of human conduct in complex situations that is distinctive from traditional psychological and sociological conceptions. This distinctiveness is derived from a sophisticated analytic approach to social action which combines conversation analysis with the fresh treatment of epistemology, mind, cognition and personality developed in discursive psychology. This text is the first to showcase and promote this new method of discursive research in practice. Featuring contributions from a range of international academics, both pioneers in the field and exciting new researchers, this book illustrates an approach to social science issues that cuts across the traditional disciplinary divisions to provide a rich participant-based understanding of action.
 

Contents

Managing subjectivity in talk
31
1 Speech pressure waveform and pitch trace
41
Emotions in meeting talk
50
parapsychology and
70
on saying sorry to Indigenous
88
Mind mousse and moderation
104
1 Introducing the group
108
2 Moderator reads astonishing
117
Suppose it wasnt possible for you to go any further
182
managing delivery of assessments
203
noncompetence as a conversational
224
Discursive practices in talking problems during
247
mealtimes helplines and troubled eating
263
applications and implications
281
transcription notation
292
Index
318

a members category in sex offender group therapy talk
147
formulations
166

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About the author (2007)

Alexa Hepburn is a Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at Loughborough University. Sally Wiggins is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde.

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