Assessing the validity of discourse analysis: transdisciplinary convergence

• Published in: Cultural studies of science education Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 801 - 807
• Main Author: Jaipal-Jamani, Kamini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2014; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Communication (Thought Transfer); Credibility; Critical Theory; Discourse Analysis; Education; Forum; Inferences; Interdisciplinary Approach; Linguistics; Personality Traits; Prior Learning; Research Methodology; Science Education; Semiotics; Signs; Sociology of Education; Validity; Discourse analysis; Semiotics; Credibility; Critical theory; Systemic functional linguistics

Research studies using discourse analysis approaches make claims about phenomena or issues based on interpretation of written or spoken text, which includes images and gestures. How are findings/interpretations from discourse analysis validated? This paper proposes transdisciplinary convergence as a...