Module: Research Methods in Psychology
Lecture 7: Discourse Analysis 2
Extract Interview (Ntontis, 2019)
‘but we should…’ use of disclaimers – she is disclaiming that she is not against it,
but she goes on to explain the opposite view.
‘there are cases of that’ systematic vagueness regards to the number of cases
and the source; not saying where they are.
‘if you’d look it up online’ makes it difficult to question the argument because she
is not pointing to specific cases, so it’s up to you to verify it.
‘there are testimonies of guys’ systematic vagueness – it doesn’t say how many
guys, there’s no specific references, this is just a very general statement. Because
it’s not specific, we cannot question the knowledge because we don’t know which
testimony it is referring to.
‘of course it’s not their body but’ you can’t accuse Jennifer of being against
women’s freedom of choice.
‘there was a miscarriage of a child that died can affect men and even grandmothers
or whatever’ vivid detail as she’s naming specifically who it affects.
They don’t want to appear prejudiced and be against women’s choices, but they are
still kind of against it. They are trying to manage accountability in a way that they
don’t appear prejudiced. They are leaning on other people’s experiences and are not
taking much responsibility for having these opinions.
Category entitlement look out for where the category is mentioned
Passive voice there needs to be a verb/an action
‘there was a miscarriage of a child that died’ it alludes to something that was
passive
Miscarriage is mentioned after abortion there’s some comparison element going
on there
Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis
Micro/Linguistic analysis
Look at the grammar and choice of words
Use of pronouns – what is the effect of saying ‘You have to’ versus ‘I have
to’? Who it’s being directed towards
Lecture 7: Discourse Analysis 2
Extract Interview (Ntontis, 2019)
‘but we should…’ use of disclaimers – she is disclaiming that she is not against it,
but she goes on to explain the opposite view.
‘there are cases of that’ systematic vagueness regards to the number of cases
and the source; not saying where they are.
‘if you’d look it up online’ makes it difficult to question the argument because she
is not pointing to specific cases, so it’s up to you to verify it.
‘there are testimonies of guys’ systematic vagueness – it doesn’t say how many
guys, there’s no specific references, this is just a very general statement. Because
it’s not specific, we cannot question the knowledge because we don’t know which
testimony it is referring to.
‘of course it’s not their body but’ you can’t accuse Jennifer of being against
women’s freedom of choice.
‘there was a miscarriage of a child that died can affect men and even grandmothers
or whatever’ vivid detail as she’s naming specifically who it affects.
They don’t want to appear prejudiced and be against women’s choices, but they are
still kind of against it. They are trying to manage accountability in a way that they
don’t appear prejudiced. They are leaning on other people’s experiences and are not
taking much responsibility for having these opinions.
Category entitlement look out for where the category is mentioned
Passive voice there needs to be a verb/an action
‘there was a miscarriage of a child that died’ it alludes to something that was
passive
Miscarriage is mentioned after abortion there’s some comparison element going
on there
Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis
Micro/Linguistic analysis
Look at the grammar and choice of words
Use of pronouns – what is the effect of saying ‘You have to’ versus ‘I have
to’? Who it’s being directed towards
