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Analyzing interaction in meetings: perspectives from critical discourse studies and the discourse-historical approach

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Publication date2014
Host publicationLanguage and communication at work: discourse, narrativity, and organizing
EditorsFrançois Cooren, Eero Vaara, Ann Langley, Haridimos Tsoukas
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages39-70
Number of pages32
ISBN (print)9780198703082
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This chapter discusses salient concepts of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) in respect of analyzing organizational communication and discourse with a focus on decision-making. More specifically, this chapter juxtaposes Process Theory with the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) in CDS. The chapter claims that these two approaches complement each other well and that systematic linguistic analysis could contribute to a more macro-oriented process approach. Some key patterns of interaction in meetings and some discursive strategies which are highly influential in decision-making are illustrated while drawing on the range of meeting data from EU organizations from ethnography and fieldwork. Finally, in the conclusion, the salient implications of such an integrated approach are discussed.