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Deconstructive Discourse Analysis: Extending the Methodological Conversation

2002; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/008124630203200103

2078-208X

Catriona Ida Macleod,

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Discourse analysis is increasingly becoming a methodology of preference amongst qualitative researchers. There is a danger, however, of it being viewed as a bounded and uncontested domain of research practice. As discourse analysis is inextricably linked with theoretical issues, it is a dynamic practice that is constantly in a process of revision. In this paper I reflect on some of the conceptualisations undergoing the notion of discourse – conceptualisations that have important implications in terms of how the practice of discourse analysis proceeds. I highlight some of the dualisms that may plague discourse analysis, and offer some solutions to these. Finally, I outline the deconstructive discourse analysis that I utilised in my doctoral work. The purpose of the latter is not to provide a recipe of methodology, but to illustrate how elements of various theorists' work (in this case Foucault, Derrida and Parker) may be profitably drawn together to perform specific discourse analytic work.