Go to http://www.johannes-angermuller.net download / télécharger / herunterladen Johannes Angermuller (2015): “Discourse Studies”. In: James D. Wright (ed.): International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 510–515 download preliminary version: password protected: Abstract: In Discourse Studies, discourse is typically seen as a social practice of participants communicating through linguistic and other semiotic resources in certain contexts. Researchers in this ?eld often insist on the constitutive character of discourse for social realities, structures and subjectivities. This article discusses both discourse theories (e.g., poststructuralist, deliberative, critical realist strands) as well as the more empirical approaches in discourse analysis (e.g., semantic and pragmatic, qualitative and quantitative strands). Special mention is made of developments in the West, notably in France and the UK, where Discourse Studies ?rst started to emerge around 1970. Attention! The electronic version of this text may differ from the paper publication. If you want to use this text, make sure to cite it appropriately. Attention! La version électronique de ce texte peut différer de la publication en papier. Si vous voulez utilisez ce texte, n'oubliez pas à le citer comme il faut. Achtung! Die elektronische Version dieses Texts kann sich von der Papierversion unterscheiden. Wenn Sie diesen Text benutzen wollen, vergessen Sie nicht, ihn zu zitieren.