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Adding Quantitative Corpus-Driven Analysis to Qualitative Discourse Analysis: Determining the Aboutness of Writing Center Talk
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Mackiewicz, Jo Thompson, Isabelle S. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | We discuss the benefits of using corpus linguistic analysis, a quantitative method for determining the "aboutness" of talk, in conjunction with discourse analysis in order to understand writing center talk at a microand macrolevel. We exemplify this mixed-method approach by examining a specialized corpus of 20 writing center conferences totaling more than 75,000 words. Our analysis also uncovered words that differentiated writing center talk from reference corpora and thus helped reveal the aboutness of the writing center talk. For example, student writers said "I don't know" far more frequently than any other 4-gram, and tutors said "You're going to" far more frequently than other 4-grams. We close by discussing the possibility of creating a corpus of writing center talk that researchers could use to ask and answer a broad range of research question Disciplines Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Rhetoric and Composition Comments This article is published as “Adding Quantitative Corpus-Driven Analysis to Qualitative Discourse Analysis: Determining the Aboutness of Writing Center Talk.” The Writing Center Journal 35 (2016): 187–225. (First author, with Isabelle Thompson, 75%). Posted with permission. This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/engl_pubs/134 Writing Center Journal Adding Quantitative Corpus-Driven Analysis to Qualitative Discourse Analysis: Determining the Aboutness of Writing Center Talk Author(s): Jo Mackiewicz and Isabelle Thompson Source: The Writing Center Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2016), pp. 187-225 Published by: Writing Center Journal Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/43965694 Accessed: 09-11-2017 16:03 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms Writing Center Journal is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Writing Center Journal This content downloaded from 129.186.176.122 on Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:03:44 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Jo Mackiewicz & Isabelle Thompson Adding Quantitative CorpusDriven Analysis to Qualitative Discourse Analysis: Determining the Aboutness of Writing Center Talk |
| Starting Page | 187 |
| Ending Page | 225 |
| Page Count | 39 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 35 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=engl_pubs |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
