Discourse Analysis Part 1: Discursive Psychology

From a lecture given in 2015
by Graham R Gibbs at the University of Huddersfield
This session introduces the idea of discourses and discourse analysis. It begins with a considerations of some of the historical origins of the approaches in the work of Wittgenstein, Austin and Sacks and then examines the range of current ideas about discourses and the schools or styles of analysis to be found. Two in particular are examined here: Discursive Psychology and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. The rest of this session is then devoted to looking at some of the ideas of discursive psychology developed by Potter, Wetherell and others.
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References
Potter, J. and Wetherell, M. (1987) Discourse And Social Psychology: Beyond Attitudes And Behaviour, London: Sage
Pomerantz, A. (1980). Telling my side: “Limited access’ as a “fishing” device. Sociological inquiry, 50(3‐4), 186-198.
Potter, J. (1996) Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric And Social Construction; London: Sage.
Palmer, D (1997) The methods of madness: recognizing delusional talk. PhD Thesis, University of York.

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[@bryonyross7453]

Graham. You summarised that perfectly! Thank you for giving me the understanding, finally.

[@AnneliSnow]

A brilliant, intellectual yet easy-to-understand video that brings this topic alive. Such clear and smooth diction makes it very enjoyable to listen to as well. Thank you!

[@orwaantoney6871]

Your lecture highlights the most critical aspects of DA studies. Thank you so much

[@katiemiaana]

very clear and straight forward, my lecturers don't even talk about the method, tell us to look it up, so thank you, it helps a lot.

[@ninamarshall5321]

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[@GrahamRGibbs]

Marktin John, I can imagine it is very difficult for you working in your second language to pick up the subtle and rapid linguistic actions that DA looks at. Not even native speakers find it easy to do. Often they use all these various discursive actions without necessarily being aware of them. One of the best books I have come across for details of how to do DA is: Gee, J. P. (2014). How to do discourse analysis: A toolkit. London: Routledge.

[@shadi489]

+Graham R Gibbs i had a head trauma when i was 9 years old as a result i can not understand conversation meaning i can not interpret the intent of the person talking to me my judgment is terrible the only time i am collected is when i smoke weed then language kinda makes sense to me the rest of the time i am terribly confused and i absolutely can not think what study material will help me ?

[@Pratikg17]

Any book named "Psychiatry" should.

[@theirishman061]

Hi Graham, found this video a fantastic help in beginning to understand discourse for my PhD studies. Thank you.

[@lishy402]

I just realised you are the creator of the reflective cycle!

[@nidiasahjara2721]

thank you very much. Your videos on discourse analysis have helped tremendously for my dissertation!! Brilliant, excellent explanations, i love the discussions of the different schools of thought (eg: harvey sacks). I further researched their theories which also helped. Well organised lecture too.

[@glaucosilva9392]

Professor Gibbs, thank you for this awesome contribution! I’ve been studying critical discourse studies since my graduation and this video helped me so much.

[@juriroots7654]

Very helpful and clear presentation. Thank you!

[@robertsharples9822]

I have been studying applied linguists' approaches to DA (Fairclough etc). So it's really useful to get this broader background. Thanks very much Graham!

[@Christine-nl1ok]

Thank you for this great video. You have really helped me to understand this better, really clearly explained. I have watched once without making notes, I may come back with some questions! Thanks again.

[@qinyilian7976]

I really appreciate you for uploading such a great introduction of discourse analysis. I am now studying SFL and my professor just throw me books like Analysing Discourse by Norman Fairclough in Japanese version lol. Can not wait to recommend this video to my classmates at sea.

[@battlestarification]

This is a life saver! Thank you so much.

[@KateGrealy1]

Who are the 14 people who disliked this video. Great video, really helpful

[@yefgheni8899]

Thanks Mr. Gibbs !!! Understanding DA is so fun, but when it comes to applying it, it really becomes a pickle. Hope this semester I'll succeed in using elements of DP :) Thanks again

[@DaDiyaTa]

Thank you very much, Mr Gibbs. May GOD bless you sir. your virtual student from Nigeria

[@donalhughes9881]

I very much appreciate having free access to your material on KZbin. In this talk I especially welcomed the historical background in your references to Wittgenstein and Austen. I have been reading Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge and if one thing struck me about it that was its lack of context or history, as though Foucault was having to develop his ideas from first principles. Ironic really.

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Fantastic lecture! Thank you for sharing :)

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[@callumreynish2841]

Was a very interesting lecture like experience when talking about the different types of discourse analysis. I particularly liked the talk on discursive psychology even from a sociological view it seems to have some ground to it and maybe sometime in the future, I would consider doing research into implicit meaning in a discursive psychological approach. I don't seem to find many relevant videos which can help in my studies so I appreciate the work you put into this video and best of luck in your future in devours.

[@OldSchoolVisions]

very helpful. thank you!

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[@hasanthibw]

Very useful. Thank you

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Thank you Sir for this lecture! Very appreciated! /Anders from Sweden

[@ptronutube]

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Thank u professor Gibbs

[@arabellacox]

With the second conversation, I used to do that all the time with my children! I'd 'ask' but they knew that I was really telling them to do something - it just sounded nicer!!🤣😅

[@derindeniz1403]

Both of the lectures on D.A. are fantastic, thank you so much. Would it be possible to get the slides of each lecture as PDF in its comments? Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@coltthestarsheriff3544]

Discursive psychology looks similar to cultural models school of cognitive anthropology, developed by late Roy D'Andrade and Naomi Quinn. And when it comes to language, structuralists also pointed out the constructive power of languages. Genette wrote that language signifies things without imitation, puting an end to old discussions and dilemmas of mimmesis and diegesis. Language and narratives reflect to certain extent power relations and dominant voices and perspectives in one's society, but that's not the same as language or any other semiotic system being descriptive or imitating of some pregiven reality.

[@shadi489]

i had a head trauma when i was 9 years old as a result i can not understand conversation meaning i can not interpret the intent of the person talking to me my judgment is terrible the only time i am collected is when i smoke weed then language kinda makes sense to me the rest of the time i am terribly confused and i absolutely can not think what study material will help me ?

[@shadi489]

+Brook kent i hope if in the same sitaution u try something else

[@MartianManhunter1987]

Hi brook. I don't subscribe to the view that purveyors of social constructionism actually imply that everything is a social construction. Usually, ontology is moot and it's the epistemology that is of key importance. For example, to borrow an analogy from Nigel edley we all know where to find Nottingham on a map and we follow the directions etc like everyone else however what Nottingham is, its status as a city how it's borders are defined etc are constructed activities. I believe this is a more heartening way of seeing social constructionist.

[@arabellacox]

Isn't that passive aggressive when Agnes is 'fishing'?

[@usbsol]

How is this psychology? This sounds more like a description/critique of language as only being descriptive... How much is the relevant for behaviour, thoughts and emotions of a person? Thanks 👍

[@sanjaykrish8719]

1.5x perfect