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Sociolinguistics, cognitivism and discursive psychology
journal contribution
posted on 2014-07-01, 08:57 authored by Jonathan Potter, Derek EdwardsThis paper addresses the broad question of how work in sociolinguistics should be related to social theory, and in particular the assumptions about cognition that can underpin that relation. A discursive psychological approach to issues of cognition is pressed and illustrated by a reworking of Stubb's review of work on language and cognition. A discursive psychological approach is offered to the topics of racist discourse, courtroom interaction, scientific writing, and sexism. Discursive psychology rejects the approach to 'cognition' as a collection of more or less stable inner entities and processes. Instead the focus is on the way 'mental phenomena' are both constructed and oriented to in people's practices.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Published in
International Journal of English StudiesVolume
3Issue
(1)Pages
93 - 109Citation
POTTER, J. and EDWARDS, D., 2003. Sociolinguistics, cognitivism and discursive psychology. International Journal of English Studies, 3 (1), pp.93-109.Publisher
© Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de Murcia.Version
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2003Notes
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1578-7044eISSN
1989-6131Publisher version
Language
- en