The Case for Critical Realist Discourse Analysis as a Viable Method in Discursive Work

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-145

  Riley, Sarah C e ^a   Sims Schouten, Wendy ^a   Willig, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Nathan Kline Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

conversation analysis; critical realism; discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147171080     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354307073156     Document Type: Article

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