Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [190]-204.

Introduction Three illustrative examples -- Definitions of discourse analysis

1. Foundations of discourse analysis Chomsky and psychology -- Words as deeds: speech act theory -- 'Doing' talking: ethnomethodology -- Signs of structure: semiology -- Social study of language -- Problems and limitations

2. Unfolding discourse analysis Some major components of discourse analysis -- Variable discourse and traditional social psychology -- The suppression of account variability -- Attitudes in discourse -- Beyond attitudes

3. Making rules work The ethnogenic perspective -- Problems with ethnogenics -- Discourse analysis and the study of scientists' rules -- Testability, soccer violence and the analysis of rules

4. Accounts in sequence Accounts and social psychology -- Conversation analysis and accounts -- Accounts in court -- Discourse and accounts

5. Speaking subjects Traditional images of the self -- Towards a new conception of the subject -- The ideological self -- Discourse analysis at work on the self

6. Categories in discourse Social psychology and social categories -- Problems with traditional catagorization research -- Prototypes and variability -- Motives and membership categories -- Categories, content and community -- Categories and the construction of discourse

7. From representations to repertoires The theory of social representations -- Problems with social representations -- Interpretative repertoires -- Language, representation and repertoire

8. How to analyze discourse Philosophy, sociology and methodology -- Ten stages in the analysis of discourse -- Conclusions

9. Controversial topics and future directions Discourse and the world 'under the skull' -- Discourse and the world 'out there' -- Discourse and reflexivity -- The development of discourse analysis

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"This book is the first systematic and accessible introduction to the theory and application of discourse analysis within the field of social psychology. Discourse and Social Psychology includes chapters on the theoretical roots of discourse analysis in linguistic philosophy, ethnomethodology and semiotics and an overview on the perspectives of discourse analysis and its utility in studying attitudes. Five substantive chapters are concerned with the key concepts of social psychology. Finally, the authors identify future research directions and present an exhaustive bibliography of all relevant literature. The authors draw on a wide range of examples from written and spoken discourse and avoid jargon at all times, even when introducing complex theoretical issues." (Publisher's Website)