7.10. @Search: Text analysis

7.10.1. Unit of methodological triangulation 3


7.10.2. Objectives:

a) to provide an objective basis for comparison of norms before and after the project period

b) to complement the other materials and the other analyses through interaction analysis


7.10.3. Content:

  • use of non-rhetorical questions (writing to learn)
  • interpersonal discourse markers (writing to negotiate/ communicate)
  • metatextual commentary (writing to communicate)
  • controversial claims (positioning)
  • hedging (positioning)
  • marking of professional stance (positioning)
  • empathy (presentation of other opinions/ ways of thinking)

  • 7.10.4. Method of analysis:

    The analysis of the text materials will consist of classification (taxonomy) of functional categories in the data materials; and will use retroductive hypothesis development (abduction) to investigate important relational coherences in the obtained materials.



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