Conversation analysis and discourse analysis : a comparative and critical introduction
Published 1 January 2005
Robin Wooffitt
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Introduction Origins and Orientations Two Key Studies Method and Critique Similarities and Differences Persuasion and Authority CA and the Rhetorical Turn in Discourse Studies Discursive Psychology Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Methodological Disputes How Should We Analyse Talk? Conversation Analysis and Power
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