scholarly journals Discourse genres as determiners of discursive regularities: A case of semiotic predictability?

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeoffrey Gaspard
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Ideal Case ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Text Corpora ◽  
Communication Situations ◽  
Medical Interviews ◽  
Research Orientations ◽  
Random Nature

This article focuses on discursive regularities that can generally be observed in text corpora produced in similar communication situations (medical interviews, political debates, teaching classes, etc.). One type of such regularities is related to the so-called ‘discourse genres’, considered as a set of tacit instructions broadly constraining the forms of utterances in a given discursive practice. Those regularities highlight the relatively regulated, non-random nature of most of our discursive practices and epitomize the necessary constrained creativity of meaning making in discourse. In this perspective, we suggest that the concepts of Thirdness and Habit, as theorized by Charles S. Peirce, can be fruitful in describing the role and importance of such regularities in our sociodiscursive life. More specifically, we believe that discourse regularities are ideal case studies if one wishes to investigate instances of predictability in semiotic (discursive) processes. Overall, we suggest that their study can be one of many research orientations through which a prediction-based scientific conception of semiotics could be applied.

scholarly journals Nobody cares for men anymore: Affective-discursive practices around men’s victimisation across online and offline contexts

2021 ◽  
pp. 136754942110210
Author(s):  
Satu Venäläinen
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Central Topic ◽  
Interpretative Repertoires ◽  
Affective Meanings ◽  
Crisis Workers

Men’s victimisation is a central topic in online discussions, particularly in the manosphere, where its emphasis is often combined with a strong anti-feminist stance. This article examines the interplay of affects and discourse in meaning-making around men’s victimisation both in online discussions and among social and crisis workers asked to comment upon meanings circulating online. By using the concept of affective-discursive practice, the analysis shows how this meaning-making reiterates socially shared interpretative repertoires and positionings that mobilise affects based on sympathy, anger and hate. Furthermore, the article demonstrates how the practitioners respond to these affective meanings by adopting positions of responsibility, while also redirecting and neutralising online affect. The article contributes to knowledge on the interaction between online and offline meaning-making around men’s victimisation, and to building an understanding of affects and discourse in seemingly moderate meaning-making around this topic that however resonates and links with the more extreme anti-feminism of the manosphere.

Monkey on My Back. An Autoethnographic Narrative of a Therapeutic Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Wiesner
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Self ◽  
Symbolic Language ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Therapeutic Experience ◽  
Postmodern Philosophy ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Global Uncertainty

With a conscious attempt to contribute to contemporary discussions in mad/trans/queer/monster studies, the monograph approaches complex postmodern theories and contextualizes them from an autoethnographic methodological perspective. As the self-explanatory subtitle reads, the book introduces several topics as revelatory fields for the author’s self-exploration at the moment of an intense epistemological and ontological crisis. Reflexively written, it does not solely focus on a personal experience, as it also aims at bridging the gap between the individual and the collective in times of global uncertainty. There are no solid outcomes defined; nevertheless, the narrative points to a certain—more fluid—way out. Through introducing alternative ways of hermeneutics and meaning-making, the book offers a synthesis of postmodern philosophy and therapy, evolutionary astrology as a symbolic language, embodied inquiry, and Buddhist thought that together represent a critical attempt to challenge the pathologizing discursive practices of modern disciplines during the neoliberal capitalist era.

scholarly journals Information psychological war as discursive practice on the pages of fiction

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Ada Alexandrovna Bernatskaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Criticism ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Philosophical Aspect ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of the article is to outline the specifics of the discourse of information psychological war on the material of fiction.As a result of consistent interpretation of the key concepts as the basis of the linguo-philosophical aspect of the study, it is concluded that information psychological war as a socio-and linguo-cultural phenomenon responds to all the features and categories of discourse. The object of this research consists in the implementation of the information psychological war subtype, the dominant attribute of which is the material / object of study (a combination of aesthetic function with a number of social ones) and the content heterogeneity of the text as a condition for the potential realization of any discourses in it. The author raises an is sue about the scientific and ethical pro and contra of the research of fiction from the information psychological war perspective. The conclusion is made about the necessity of introducing the factor of “degree” of confrontation / struggle and, accordingly, the study of the fiction for the individual symptoms / features of information psychological war.The conditions and criteria for their establishment in specific practices are formulated.The article presents the targets of information psychological war in the discursive practices studied earlier by the author.In conclusion, the criteria for the selection of fiction texts in the aspect of information psychological war and the criteria for distinguishing information psychological war symptoms from social criticism are summarized.

Othering as soft-power discursive practice: China Daily’s construction of Trump’s America in the 2016 presidential election

Politics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengxin Pan ◽  
Benjamin Isakhan ◽  
Zim Nwokora
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Power Construction ◽  
The Media

The relationship between Chinese soft power and Chinese media has been a focus of a growing body of literature. Challenging a resource-based conception of soft power and a transmission view of communication that inform much of the debate, this article adopts a discursive approach to soft power and media communication. It argues that their relationship is not just a matter of resource transmission, but one of discursive construction, which begs the questions of what mediated discursive practices are at play in soft power construction and how. Addressing these oft-neglected questions, we identify a typology of three soft-power discursive practices: charm offensive, Othering offensive, and defensive denial. Focusing on the little-understood practice of Othering offensive, we illustrate its presence in Chinese media through a critical discourse analysis of China Daily’s framing of Donald Trump and the United States, and argue that the Othering offensive in Chinese media that portrays Trump’s America as a dysfunctional and declining Other serves to construct a Chinese self as more responsible, dynamic, and attractive. Adding a missing discursive dimension to the study of soft power and the media, this study has both scholarly and practical implications for analysing a nation’s soft power strategy.

Keeping It Implicit: A Defense of Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
TUOMO TIISALA
Keyword(s):  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
General Requirement ◽  
Philosophical Work ◽  
Normative Structure ◽  
Archaeological Project ◽  
Archaeology Of Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT:This paper defends Michel Foucault's notion of archaeology of knowledge against the influential and putatively devastating criticism by Dreyfus and Rabinow that Foucault's archaeological project is based on an incoherent conception of the rules of the discursive practices it purports to study. I argue first that Foucault's considered view of these rules as simultaneously implicit and historically efficacious corresponds to a general requirement for the normative structure of a discursive practice. Then I argue that Foucault is entitled to that view despite the charges to the contrary by Dreyfus and Rabinow. I also explain in detail how the argument by Dreyfus and Rabinow arises from a misunderstanding of Foucault's archaeological project as transcendental inquiry, while archaeology of knowledge is, in fact, a diagnostic project. The result is a novel understanding of the notion of archaeology of knowledge that enables a reassessment of Foucault's philosophical work in connection with current debates regarding the relationship between reflection and practice in the structure of thought.

scholarly journals #WeareUnited, cyber-nationalism during times of a national crisis: The case of a terrorist attack on a school in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Kalim ◽  
Fauzia Janjua
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
National Crisis ◽  
Argumentative Strategies ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach

Seeing language as a social practice and national identities as a product of discourse, the study intends to analyze discursive practices employed on social media to create the discourses of sameness and difference in times of national crisis. Following the discourse historical approach, I have illustrated how argumentative strategies and topos have been strategically employed to draw boundaries between Us and Them. In this exploration of exclusionary rhetoric, I have also underlined the use of images, memes and hashtags in the meaning-making process. The study illustrates not only the ways in which the discourse of national identities are constructed, but also how the existing pillars of Pakistani national identities have been transformed and dismantled on social media following a national tragedy. By investigating the digital practices and discourses, this study seeks to understand the construction of Pakistani national identities from bottom-up discourses.

scholarly journals Lexical Quantors: From Term to Discursive Practice

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Elina Kushch ◽  
Vasyl Bialyk ◽  
Olena Zhykharieva ◽  
Viktoriia Stavtseva ◽  
Svitlana Taran
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Public Service Announcements ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Linguistic Unit ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Media Politics ◽  
Special Meaning

The paper looks into the emergence of terms and neologisms related to COVID-19 outbreak, which are treated as lexical quantors (LQs). A LQ, as a linguistic nominative unit, reflects the amount of language knowledge (LK) represented in a certain segment of language worldview (LWV). It is represented by a word or a phrase, which constitutes some quantum of information to designate a certain segment of LWV. It has a systemic character and is reflected in the semantics of a linguistic unit. This research is aimed at exploring COVID-19 lexical quantors both in terminological and general vocabulary aspects and it defines the major language concepts for special purposes (LSP). It is characterized by the word formation means expressing all types of LK with the prevalence of a denotative special meaning. General COVID-19 lexical units employ all word formation means to render both denotative and connotative components of LQs meanings revealing also social, cultural, and axiological aspects of LK. The boundary between COVID-19 terminology and general lexical units is quite blurred when the transition from one layer of vocabulary to another is observed. Word formation is viewed as the process of constructing LQs in terms of aggregated, condensed and modified knowledge means. In conclusion, the informative potential realization of LQ is manifested in various discursive practices, namely: media, politics, and public service announcements (PSA) that embrace both linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics of communication.

scholarly journals Analysis of Critical Discussion in The Article "Different Fate: THR Civil Servants In This Week, THR of Livers Postponed and Installed" (Kompas, 11 Mei 2020)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Muhammad Misbahul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Circular Letter ◽  
Cultural Praxis ◽  
The Government

Abstract: The focus of this research is (a) describing the dimensions of the text, (b) describing discursive practices, (c) describing socio-cultural praxis, and assumptions of social irregularities through obstacles and how to overcome these obstacles, based on Kompas 11 May 2020 Edition. with the title "Difference in Fate: THR PNS Liquided This Week, THR Labor Delayed and Installed. This type of research uses library research, while data collection uses documentation, and Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (AWK) as a tool for analysis. Based on the research, the following results were obtained: (a) the dimensions of the text. The text in the Kompas report seems to speak of a clear caste difference between civil servants and workers. (b) dimensions of discursive practice. Besides the existence of Covid-19, Circular Letter about the THR of workers that can be postponed or paid in installments and the news about the THR PNS immediately disbursed, explicitly indicates that there are social irregularities that occur. (c) socio-cultural praxis dimensions. With this news, it triggers the reaction of the workers / laborers to launch a demonstration, either through the leadership of workers throughout Indonesia or even there will be a demonstration going down. While the assumptions of social irregularities can be seen in the inequality and discrimination of workers / laborers caused by the government. The government seems to favor the civil servants and company owners. This can be prevented by ensuring that the THR of workers is controlled up to the hands of the workers, and that the Circular Letter will instead be used as a weapon for company owners so that they do not meet the workers' THR, this requires the supervision of the government.

The process of information systems theorizing as a discursive practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nik Rushdi Hassan ◽  
Lars Mathiassen ◽  
Paul Benjamin Lowry
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Important Stage ◽  
Context Of Discovery ◽  
Context Of Justification

Although there has been a growing understanding of theory in the information systems field in recent years, the process of theorizing is rarely addressed with contributions originating from other disciplines and little effort to coherently synthesize them. Moreover, the field’s view of theorizing has traditionally focused on the context of justification with an emphasis on collection and analysis of data in response to a research question with theory often added as an afterthought. To fill this void, we foreground the context of discovery that emphasizes the creative and often serendipitous articulation of theory by emphasizing this important stage of theorizing as a reflective and highly iterative practice. Specifically, we suggest that information systems researchers engage in foundational theorizing practices to form the discourse, problematize the phenomenon of interest and leverage paradigms and deploy generative theorizing practices through analogies, metaphors, myths and models to develop the information systems discourse. To illustrate the detailed workings of these discursive practices, we draw on key examples from information systems theorizing.

DISCURSIVE PRACTICES OF FUTURE TEACHERS-GLOSSARY IN THE CONTEXT OF RHETORIZATION OF MODERN PHILOLOGICAL EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
G. A. Kazhigalieva ◽  
◽  
A. B. Umarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Key Terms

The article examines the issues of the systemic use of discursive practice in the process of teaching languages ​​in higher education. The understanding of the key terms discourse, discursive practices, rhetorical competence is interpreted. A specially developed program for the development of rhetorical competence of philology students within the framework of the compulsory academic discipline "Russian language", where the main didactic unit is discursive practices, is described. This program is designed for 1st year students of level C1 and includes sections related to the development of the levels of rhetorical competence of students. The structure of rhetorical competence (verbal-cognitive, motivational-value and reflexive-activity levels), as well as levels of its development (low, medium, high), criteria for assessing its development are described. The scores of the control cut are given for one of the six topics presented in comparison with the scores received by students at the start of the specified program.

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