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: Block 2: THEMATIC ANALYSIS:

: Block 2: THEMATIC ANALYSIS:. STEP 2: Key-Word In Context (KWIC) useful for indicating : Polysemy ( basis for disambiguation) word sense/s (shows inflexions) subordinate concepts to Keyword chosen and sub-themes

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: Block 2: THEMATIC ANALYSIS:

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  1. : Block 2: THEMATIC ANALYSIS: • STEP 2: Key-Word In Context (KWIC)useful for indicating : • Polysemy ( basis for disambiguation) • word sense/s (shows inflexions) • subordinate concepts to Keyword chosenand sub-themes • Gives first indication of “semantic environment” of key termsSoftware: HAMLET, and KWIC Freeware http://www.chs.nihon-u.ac.jp/eng_dpt/tukamoto/kwic_e.html CTA: BLOCK 2

  2. THEMATIC ANALYSIS: • Using KWIC … En route to category construction • have access to immediate KWIC & text file itself • You’ve read, marked, learned and inwardly digested the content of the file. • Yes? You need to! And used your pen-picker? Identify a concept (e.g. CRIME) • OK; off we go … CTA: BLOCK 2

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  4. KWIC as precursor to TA • Work from General to Specific • Start with whole (but stripped) text : we’re getting overall picture first! • Work later to differentiate speaker/s, question/s • It helps to separate out into sub-files and to have KWIC up for swift action (eg QUICK) for use • You’ll need paper-and-pencil probably too • And file up, for swift FIND action • Get accustomed to semantic nets (e.g. CRIME) • Relations like: “is a”, “leads to” + characteristics CTA: BLOCK 2

  5. KWIC as precursor to TA • Identify macro characteristics: • Significant words (public, community, neighbourhood, young,vandalism, Park …) • Begin to group synonyms (young-youth-kids) • … and clusters and types • E.g. Public Calls: Immediate 999 / That day 10m / Can wait Cty Offr • Types of Crime ( account for the 27 crimes/month: • ½ shoplifting; Rest – HBs, Auto, Vandalism • So what goes on in the Park? (bad element, vandalism, youth congregate, mixed with o/s) • Police role CTA: BLOCK 2

  6. KWIC as precursor to TA • Pick up (implied) contrasts: • Civil vs criminal (crimes) • Sort it out themselves vs get police involved • Direct challenge to person vs call for police • Serious vs trivial • Pronominal Reference & Indexicality: • In group – Out group? • (who are “we” [ we’re …] police? vs “they” [they’re…] ? • Beginnings of cluster / themes • … But wait a minute … CTA: BLOCK 2

  7. KWIC as precursor to TA • When stable, consider structure of categories ... hierarchical? • begin to instantiate (collect instances) under categories; sorting again • start referencing / encoding system by dot-notation (hierarchies allow ready modification of branches) • Proto-Themes can be identified • (predication: Topic + property of topic) • co-occurrence within defined limits (sentence ... Answer ... interview ...) • Issues of reliability and validity ... • Multi-coder agreement (categories and instantiation). CTA: BLOCK 2

  8. WHAT IS A THEME? • All agree that , compared to the original text, it is: • Shorter (considerably reduced) • More Concise in content • Simpler (in some sense • Distillation (... of what?) • Unit (not just e.g. co-occurrence, which is “bivariate” “or INTER-relation”) CTA: BLOCK 2

  9. WHAT IS A THEME? CTA: BLOCK 2

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