Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients

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dc.contributor.advisorLevett, Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSwartz, Sally Graceen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-10T14:20:43Z
dc.date.available2015-11-10T14:20:43Z
dc.date.issued1984en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 215-224.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyses the discourse of two manic patients, interviewed at an acute stage of their illness. The analysis has two aims: to begin a comprehensive analysis of manic discourse, a task which has not been undertaken in other work; and to describe and refine a methodology suited to the purpose of analysing discourse taken from unstructured interviews with psychotic patients. The aims of this study are set in the context of broader aims for research in the area of language and psychopathology. A selective review of the relevant literature is given. This is followed by a brief over- view of those disciplines from which concepts informing the analysis have been drawn. These disciplines include pragmatics, social psychology and sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and linguistics and semiotics. The analysis is divided into two parts; micro-analysis and macro- analysis. The micro-analysis consists of tone-unit analysis, which examines the process by which the speaker segments utterances into message blocks; and cohesion analysis, which examines the way in which words are selected, and combined to form cohesive utterances. The macro- analysis includes exchange structure analysis, an examination of the interchanges between patient and interviewer; and analysis of topic structure. This addresses itself to the movement from one topic to another as well as to the well-formedness of single topic sequences. The thesis concludes with an appraisal of the findings, an evaluation of the methodology and suggestions for further research.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSwartz, S. G. (1984). <i>Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14818en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSwartz, Sally Grace. <i>"Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1984. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14818en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSwartz, S. 1984. Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Swartz, Sally Grace AB - This thesis analyses the discourse of two manic patients, interviewed at an acute stage of their illness. The analysis has two aims: to begin a comprehensive analysis of manic discourse, a task which has not been undertaken in other work; and to describe and refine a methodology suited to the purpose of analysing discourse taken from unstructured interviews with psychotic patients. The aims of this study are set in the context of broader aims for research in the area of language and psychopathology. A selective review of the relevant literature is given. This is followed by a brief over- view of those disciplines from which concepts informing the analysis have been drawn. These disciplines include pragmatics, social psychology and sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and linguistics and semiotics. The analysis is divided into two parts; micro-analysis and macro- analysis. The micro-analysis consists of tone-unit analysis, which examines the process by which the speaker segments utterances into message blocks; and cohesion analysis, which examines the way in which words are selected, and combined to form cohesive utterances. The macro- analysis includes exchange structure analysis, an examination of the interchanges between patient and interviewer; and analysis of topic structure. This addresses itself to the movement from one topic to another as well as to the well-formedness of single topic sequences. The thesis concludes with an appraisal of the findings, an evaluation of the methodology and suggestions for further research. DA - 1984 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1984 T1 - Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients TI - Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14818 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14818
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSwartz SG. Discourse analysis of interviews with manic patients. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1984 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14818en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleDiscourse analysis of interviews with manic patientsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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