Discourse Analysis

Explore Gee’s concept of Discourses to understand the interplay between language, identity, and social practices across various contexts.

Explore report-talk in discourse analysis, focusing on how this communication style emphasizes information exchange, clarity, and authority in various contexts.

Explore rapport-talk in discourse analysis, focusing on how language builds and maintains social connections through empathy, collaboration, and support.

Explore how conversational style in discourse analysis reveals the ways language shapes social identities and power dynamics in various contexts.

Explore how gender differences in discourse analysis reveal the role of language in reinforcing or challenging societal norms and gender inequalities.

Explore how social inequality is reflected and challenged in language through discourse analysis, uncovering the power dynamics that sustain societal hierarchies.

Explore micro-level discourse analysis, focusing on how language constructs meaning, negotiates identities, and exercises power in specific interactions.

Explore meso-level discourse analysis, focusing on how language shapes and is shaped by organizational practices, group identities, and power dynamics.

Explore macro-level discourse analysis, focusing on how language reflects and shapes societal structures, ideologies, and power relations across institutions.

Explore Michel Foucault’s concept of epistemes in discourse analysis, focusing on how they structure knowledge, shape discourse, and define truth in historical periods.