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Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual Installment
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 23] 2020
► pp. 41–55

Membership categorisation analysis

| Uppsala University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Historical note
  • 3.Analytical tools
  • 4.Analysing categorisation work
    • 4.1Categorisation and identity
    • 4.2Categorisation and the media
    • 4.3Categorisation as a moral matter
  • 5.Suggestions for future research
  • References
Published online: 20 November 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.23.mem1
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