Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca. (2011) Discourse(s), social construction and language practices : in conversation with Alvesson and Karreman. Human Relations, Vol.64 (No.9). pp. 1177-1191. ISSN 0018-7267

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Abstract

This piece seeks to extend a conversation that Alvesson and Karreman started in 2000 from the pages of Human Relations and are continuing in their 2011 article; a conversation that is of great interest well beyond management and organization studies. Through a linguistics perspective that is attentive to the peculiarities of the discourse vocabulary but also seeks to probe aspects of its conceptual import, I will explore the significance of understandings of discourse circulating within the social sciences. I will continue with reflections on select difficulties raised by 'social construction-unlimited' before highlighting some of the benefits of a social semiotic approach to ethnographic research centred on the concept of indexicality. I will conclude with an invitation to 'bring the researcher back', in an embodied engagement with the field that can help put discourse in 'its right place'.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Discourse analysis, Anthropological linguistics, Indexicals (Semantics), Social constructionism
Journal or Publication Title:	Human Relations
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0018-7267
Date:	September 2011
Volume:	Vol.64
Number:	No.9
Page Range:	pp. 1177-1191
Identification Number:	10.1177/0018726711408366
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38369

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