Coherence in Psychotic Discourse by Branca Telles Ribeiro
This fascinating study explores the ways of establishing coherence in the discourse of a thought-disordered patient. Ribeiro analyses the discourse between a doctor and a patient who is under an acute psychotic crisis, and then later, when the patient is deemed recovered. Ribeiro looks at how the participants jointly establish referential meaning, and how topic coherence is achieved or breaks down. She then considers how the participants convey superordinate messages, metamessages, and how the patient signals and assesses the frame of talk. Ribeiro concludes that psychotic discourse, while incoherent on the level of topic, may be coherent on another level--that of frame. Using sociolinguistic discourse analysis, conversational analysis, and frame analysis, with a dose of theory from contemporary cognitive psychology, Ribeiro's book demonstrates the importance of contextualization in interaction.
`a significant contribution to the field of study of psychotic narrative and of discourse analysis more generally' * Lorraine Obler, City University of New York *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195066159 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195066154 |
| Title | Coherence in Psychotic Discourse |
| Author | Branca Telles Ribeiro |
| Series | Oxford Studies In Sociolinguistics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1994-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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